Be true to yourself, and, um, don't worry about some large companies' quarterly profit index.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If you're the CEO of a publicly traded company, you're worried about quarterly returns.
We've grown from 18% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry to 23% of the profits of the top 25 companies in our industry over the last five years. Profits are up over 70%, where the industry profit is up about 35%. Pretty good.
I have almost no interest in quarterly reports. Running a business or investing in a business based on quarterly earnings doesn't make any sense at all to me.
The big companies are the private industry. But they're faced with a short-term need to show a profit in short-term.
My shareholders expect me to make the most profit. That's the ugly, dirty truth.
If all you needed to do is to figure out what company is better than others, everyone would make a lot of money. But that is not the case. They keep raising the prices to the point when the odds change.
One hundred percent of our earnings are reinvested in the company, and a great deal of that goes to research.
It's no surprise companies that quickly grow in value attract those who may want to also profit from the hard work of others.
Too many companies are just being big for the sheer sake of it. Too many CEOs thinking bigger is better.
Gains in corporate profits depend in large part on accelerating global economic growth.
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