Re:Allbirds S-1 IPO
by ericmay on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @05:19PM
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I think the person in the OP edited their post. They no longer mention YoY changes which is what the comment I replied to was asking about and I responded to.
All I was saying is that you have to have context and something to compare the YoY to and you can't simply look at a YoY growth rate. It's literally meaningless to do so without comparables. It's like saying the velocity of something is 50, ok who cares unless you can tell me how it relates to some other thing. If a company grows 100% YoY I don't care without information relating it to other investment options. 100% could very well be really bad unless I know what is normal, below average, above average, etc.
So idk what's really going on here anymore. I think something has become confused that's causing this conversation to go in useless circles.
All I was saying is that you have to have context and something to compare the YoY to and you can't simply look at a YoY growth rate. It's literally meaningless to do so without comparables. It's like saying the velocity of something is 50, ok who cares unless you can tell me how it relates to some other thing. If a company grows 100% YoY I don't care without information relating it to other investment options. 100% could very well be really bad unless I know what is normal, below average, above average, etc.
So idk what's really going on here anymore. I think something has become confused that's causing this conversation to go in useless circles.