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Net income is a company's earnings, or profits, as reported on the income statement. It's what is often referred to as the famous "bottom line." In the following video, Fool.com analyst Austin Smith sheds light on why this is one of the most important, but also most easily manipulated, metrics in investing. He also examines the net incomes of different companies, explaining why a company such as Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN ) appears to have such extremely low net income. Watch the following video to learn more.
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Report this Comment On September 25, 2012, at 9:40 AM, HoosierFraud wrote:
I was looking at ANGI and this article was there. Was that fate or did you already know this company doesn't care about "net profits". That is sooooo 70's.
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