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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: mungofitch ✹✺🐝 SILVER
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Subject: Re: BHE
Date: 08/04/24 8:40 PM
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I think there are reasons to look more favorably at the valuation of BHE than what recent earnings would suggest...

Seems reasonable.

For whatever it's worth, these are the trailing-four-quarter net earnings at BHE as reported, and the same figures with the addition of my two adjustments to 2023-Q1 and 2023-Q1.
Gives an interesting insight when graphed...some gentle roll-off lately, but not a plummet.

TTM...     True   Jim's
2019-Q4 2,840 2,840
2020-Q1 2,796 2,796
2020-Q2 2,822 2,822
2020-Q3 3,039 3,039
2020-Q4 3,141 3,141
2021-Q1 3,283 3,283
2021-Q2 3,390 3,390
2021-Q3 3,491 3,491
2021-Q4 3,572 3,572
2022-Q1 3,619 3,619
2022-Q2 3,693 3,693
2022-Q3 3,798 3,798
2022-Q4 3,904 3,904
2023-Q1 3,570 3,888
2023-Q2 3,685 4,003
2023-Q3 2,438 3,899
2023-Q4 2,331 3,792
2024-Q1 2,632 3,775
2024-Q2 2,496 3,639

Jim


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