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Reading a Profit and Loss Statement

by DavidChouinard on 7/9/22, 11:51 PM with 6 comments

• by thewizardofaus on 7/10/22, 2:30 AM

  Nice writeup. Understanding financials is a great skill to have.

  For completeness, the author should follow up with articles dedicated to reading Balance Sheet and also Cashflow statement.

• by t_mann on 7/10/22, 10:06 AM

  Can't help but chuckle at this headline at the top of HN, right when a decade of free money is about to end. Back to fundamentals over growth and engagement?

• by hbcondo714 on 7/10/22, 4:35 AM

  This is an interesting example showing how P&L evolve from a company's IPO to their annual report. As a shameless plug and as an alternative to the author's suggestions of using EDGAR search or individual company IR sites, you can use https://last10k.com/sec-filings/hcp to read Hashicorp's S-1 and 10-K more efficiently using our online tools.

• by ggm on 7/10/22, 12:25 AM

  Equally important in a not for profit.