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I think the the combo of increasing revenue but flat on profit is worrying: that tells you something is eating away at the profitability of the company. It jive
by zmmmmm 14y ago
I think the the combo of increasing revenue but flat on profit is worrying: that tells you something is eating away at the profitability of the company. It jives with the perception that the company has "peaked" and its best days are behind it, that competition is successfully biting into margins.
- millstone 14y agoThis exactly describes Google's most recent quarter - profits up 6%, revenues up 19%. Yet investors welcomed those results.
- zmmmmm 14y agoIt probably does, but Google's current stock price isn't predicated on the same assumptions as Apples. It's seeing those assumptions threatened that is worrying, not the raw numbers.