When the arithmetic mean is used to calculate this, it can be misleading because the salaries can be widely spread. Thus it may happen that 10% of the class have gotten excellent job offers while half the class is without jobs. Even in such a scenario, the mean salary can be a good number, but it hides facts behind it.
âGame of Thrones is a piece of the puzzle,â Pursel said. Time Warner owns HBO, which owns the television rights to the GOT franchise. In early February 2014, Time Warner formally released financial results for HBO. For 2013, HBOâs revenues were $4.9 billion with operating income of $1.7 billion.
Tesla is a huge success story and makes beautiful cars, but the value of the company at $30 billion is entirely inflated, in my opinion. It simply never makes sense to pay over 14x trailing 12-month revenue for a company that operates in an industry characterized by low profit margins and high fixed costs.