To The Moon

The survival and development of a company are based on profitability as the primary condition. There are two important indicators to understand profitability. The first is gross margin. Gross margin is a direct reflection of the relationship between a company's selling price and its cost of sales, and does not take into account other factors that may affect profitability, so this indicator is a more intuitive reflection of the competitiveness of the company's products. The second one is EBITDA. EBIT is used to measure the profitability of a company's main business, while EBITDA is used to measure the ability of a company to generate cash flow from its main business. More and more investors are focusing on EBIT and EBITDA instead of net income because it is simply a measure of net income, while EBITDA is more reflective of a company's profitability because it includes income taxes, interest, and depreciation and amortization expenses. Due to the product attributes of the different industries, the most profitable industries in terms of EBITDA alone are energy and real estate. Therefore, here are the 20 most profitable companies over 10B according to GICS. Consumer Discretionary $MGM Resorts International(MGM)$ $McDonald's(MCD)$ $Booking Holdings(BKNG)$ $Yum(YUM)$ $Caesars Entertainment(CZR)$ Communication Services $Charter(CHTR)$ $T-Mobile US(TMUS)$ $Verizon(VZ)$ $Sirius XM(SIRI)$ $Alphabet(GOOGL)$ Information Technology $VeriSign(VRSN)$ $Broadcom(AVGO)$ $GEN DIGITAL INC(GEN)$ $ASML Holding NV(ASML)$ $Analog Devices(ADI)$ As an investor, what are the most important metrics you look for in a company's financial condition? what metrics do you look at when evaluating how profitable a company is? How do you determine whether a company is profitable or has the potential to be profitable?