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Re:The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future rev... by manigandham on Saturday December 29, 2018 @07:16PM (#18786531)
Low single digits is fine when you're among the biggest companies on the planet. We're talking about 10s of billions in profit. Amazon is now getting into the space and is a strong contender to become #3 biggest player.
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Re:The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future rev... by disishhsha on Sunday December 30, 2018 @12:07AM (#18787536)
Low single digit growth does not justify a high PE ratio.
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Re:The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future rev... by village-idiot on Saturday December 29, 2018 @09:24PM (#18786975)
Size is not insurance against failure. Go ask Novell.
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Re:The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future rev... by manigandham on Saturday December 29, 2018 @09:54PM (#18787066)
Nobody is claiming that it is. The point is that single-digit growth is fine when you're big because they are percentages.

The 1000% growth when you're a startup does not exist when you're worth half a trillion.

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Re:The math’s not pretty on digital advertising’s future rev... by village-idiot on Saturday December 29, 2018 @10:12PM (#18787126)
True, it just depends how fast your next competitor is growing.
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