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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" 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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Investment Strategies / Falling Knives
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Author: DTB   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: ZIM
Date: 02/08/23 1:42 PM
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Annual analysts' earnings estimates:
Dec 2022
38.19

Dec 2023
2.91

Dec 2024
-3.34

ZIM really is a falling knife as far as future earnings are concerned. If however, someone believes that analysts' estimates are wrong and they have a good reason to think so, then backing up the truck will make sense to them.



Ok, that all makes sense, but how on earth can analysts justify an estimate of negative earnings 12-24 months from now? I guess they are pricing in a recession, and Zim has not typically been profitable in the last 10 years, so a return to a baseline of non-profitability does make some sense. This one probably belongs in my 'too hard' pile.

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