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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...
Question 1/5
Red flag #1. Revenue grows 12% but EBITDA only grows 8%. What does this gap mean?
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