Practice

Analysis: Spot red flags in an annual report

You are shown a listed company's accounts. Everything looks fine... but 5 hidden signals announce trouble.

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You are a buy-side analyst. Your PM sends you the annual report of GreenLogistics, a listed logistics company that looks attractive:

  • Revenue: +12% (€350M → €392M)
  • EBITDA: +8% (€42M → €45.4M)
  • Net income: +15% (€18M → €20.7M)
  • Management headline: "Record growth and historic results"

But reading the footnotes, you find interesting information...

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Red flag #1. Revenue grows 12% but EBITDA only grows 8%. What does this gap mean?

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