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As companies mature, they change the metrics they disclose to investors

by Henry Epp

Apr 19, 2024

Netflix will stop disclosing subscriber numbers next year. Companies revising what measures they use to indicate performance is nothing new.

For companies like Netflix, subscriber numbers aren’t the whole story anymore, says Matteo Arena at Marquette University. “There might be other ways to increase the revenue and profits outside just simply increasing subscribers.”

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How do grocery stores make money when their profit margins are so low?

by Janet Nguyen

May 13, 2022

Margins can be as little as 1%. But there are three ways to look at rate of return, and other factors to consider.

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