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TC Manning's avatar

This is a really good introduction to this stuff.

One question/request - have you considered creating an animated version of these diagrams that show this data over time?

I think those would be very cool animations. And since so many of these metrics are best evaluated over time, I think they would be valuable.

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App Economy Insights's avatar

Hi TC! Brilliant suggestion. As we build up our library of visuals over time, offering an animated version would be a natural next step. Note that the comparisons year-over-year are always available in the diagrams (revenue growth and margin trends).

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Edek's avatar

Fantastic article. Have you considered writing article how to analyze REITs, since those are pretty different and internet lacks on such information. For example ARR?

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App Economy Insights's avatar

Thank you so much for the warm feedback, Edek! I had not considered REITs yet but I might get to it in the future.

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Thomas Heinisch's avatar

Incredible introduction - easy to grasp and with the exact right level of detail. Well done!

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App Economy Insights's avatar

Thank you for the kind words, Thomas! It means a lot.

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Christian Laursen's avatar

This is fantastic! A great baseline for getting better value out of reading each of your recaps. Very informative as always. Looking forward to the balance sheet and cash flow breakdowns. Thanks!

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App Economy Insights's avatar

Thank you for the warm feedback, Christian! Stay tuned for the next articles!

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Paul Bower's avatar

Thanks for this great work. I really appreciate the effective way that you communicate these often-complex financial ideas. I'm looking forward to your future work on the balance sheet and cash flow statements.

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Faig Bayramov's avatar

This is good!

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App Economy Insights's avatar

Thank you, Faig!

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Alessandro's avatar

Thank you, excellent guide.

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App Economy Insights's avatar

Thank you so much Alessandro!

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John Tytko's avatar

Will a paid subscription give me the ability to create these graphs for my own company’s financials and board reports?

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App Economy Insights's avatar

Hi John,

Thank you for reaching out!

You can learn more about what the subscription offers here:

https://appeconomyinsights.substack.com/about

Paid subscribers get:

✍️ Subscriber-only weekly posts on specific businesses or trends.

📊 Monthly high-resolution PDFs packed with visuals covering recent earnings.

🗳 Ability to vote for additional companies to include in our research.

The diagrams are built in-house and require a lot of manual design work. You can create Sankey diagrams via many tools such as PowerBI or Tableau depending on what you have access to.

I hope this helps!

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Andreas Schneider's avatar

Great overview - I am wondering why CAPEX is not mentioned and where it fits in?

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App Economy Insights's avatar

Hi Andreas! Thank you so much! You can find our overview of capital expenditures (capex) in our article covering the cash flow statement.

https://www.appeconomyinsights.com/p/how-to-analyze-a-cash-flow-statement

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Alaa qarana's avatar

Wow great way to explain it

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Hetal Kapadia's avatar

good

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Mihai Modan's avatar

Great,great,great! Thank you!

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sadulla's avatar

kal

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