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Comment by jms703

3 hours ago

Shareholders would never ever be ok with a company not trying to be maximally profitable.

That's why Tesla stock tanked as soon as the FT wrote that "$1.4bn appears to have gone astray." ;)

https://www.ft.com/content/62df8d8d-31f2-445e-bfa2-c171ac43d...

  • What's Tesla's forward PE? Close to 200? I don't think we can use them as an example of anything resembling a sane market.

    Edit: Found a link to the article content, I gather that's basically the point you're making?

    • Yes, the point I was trying to make is that companies can get away with not being maximally profitable. There's nothing legally stopping Apple from accepting a slightly lower profit margin on the 5% of sales volume that might go to smaller iPhones if they would offer them. But it might brighten the day for millions of customers.