Re:A golden age of consumer convenience is passing
by Jensson on Sunday August 21, 2022 @05:06PM
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That is exactly what I said, publicly traded companies cares about growth over profits, while companies that never intends to go public and therefore doesn't benefit from valuations tend to care about profit over growth.
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Re:A golden age of consumer convenience is passing
by ChrisLomont on Sunday August 21, 2022 @05:57PM
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Profit and growth go together. In Amazon's case lots of profit is what fueled their growth: at each point they made far more money than needed to sustain, so they bought growth instead of paying out to shareholders.
The two are intricately related.
Re:A golden age of consumer convenience is passing
by nightski on Monday August 22, 2022 @01:30AM
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Sorry I misread your comment. Either way I don't think either extreme viewpoint is right. I'd say publicly traded companies and their investors care about both growth and profits for different reasons.