For Tesla, Facebook, and American Airlines, Nothing Is Simple
Somewhere between "numbers don't lie" and "there are lies, damn lies, and statistics" sits the truth that earnings reports, while a marvelous chance to peek under the hood of companies, don't entirely give the whole story.
Take, for example, Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). Its headline results were just the sort of thing Wall Street likes to see, with beats on both profit and revenue. Same at American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL), where profit was higher than expected, passenger traffic was up, and management raised the full-year guidance range.
But as MarketFoolery host Chris Hill and senior analyst Jim Mueller note, there are reasons to be concerned about both. And as for Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), which underperformed, the warning signs are more ominous than even its weak numbers would indicate. In this podcast, the guys will dig into all three of those reports, and also discuss how they see the streaming video market evolving over the next few years.
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