Thank you for pointing that out. So profit their 2022 32.523B [1]. 32.5 billion in profit dwarfs a 332 million settlement. You have made my point only stronger.
Net profit (or alternatively, free cash flow or operating income) is a far better measure than gross profit for determining whether a company can sustain a particular financial hit.
Their revenue minus expenses is usually low single digit billions, and they had a $12B loss in 2020.
They are earning less than $5B per year for many, many years, and already have a $12B loss to deal with from a couple years ago, there is no way to conclude that a multi billion dollar penalty is a “cost of doing business”.
This is also evident in their market cap graph, showing Bayer’s owners have lost a ton of money over the past 10+ years, especially considering the rocketship a risk less broad market index fund was during the same period.
sokoloff|2 years ago
Gross profit is only a precursor figure.
lotsofpulp|2 years ago
Net income is profit.
https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/BAYRY/bayer/net-in...
Their revenue minus expenses is usually low single digit billions, and they had a $12B loss in 2020.
They are earning less than $5B per year for many, many years, and already have a $12B loss to deal with from a couple years ago, there is no way to conclude that a multi billion dollar penalty is a “cost of doing business”.
This is also evident in their market cap graph, showing Bayer’s owners have lost a ton of money over the past 10+ years, especially considering the rocketship a risk less broad market index fund was during the same period.
https://companiesmarketcap.com/bayer/marketcap/
robertlagrant|2 years ago
Unless you're a small business in Mafia times, in which case that's exactly what it was.
unknown|2 years ago
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