The Language of Business, Part 2: Why Your Stock Goes Nowhere

Imagine buying a phenomenal business, amazing stock. Sales are up 10%. Profits are up 10%. But when you look at your brokerage account, your stock hasn't moved an inch. In fact, you might have even lost money. Why is that? It could be because the CEO quietly printed 15% more shares to pay his executives, meaning your slice of the pie actually shrank while the pie was getting bigger. Today, Andrew and I are walking down the income statement to show you exactly where money hides, where it bleeds, and how to spot a company that's working for its management instead of its shareholders. So buckle up. Here we go. Shaq here. What's it like to buy a car from Carvana a 100% online and get it delivered to your door? Let me tell you. Your car is here, mister Shaq. Thank you, mister Carvana guy. Can't wait to take it for a spin. Only the best for you, mister Shaq. Hey. Have you always been so big, tall, and handsome? Not always. I was six ten once. Seven days to love it or return it, mister Shaq. Not that I would. You never do. No. I never do. So buy your car today on Carvana. Delivery fees may apply. See our seven day return policy at carvana.com. This episode is brought to you by Google Chrome. You think you know a browser, but Gemini in Chrome? That's new. It can help you with practically anything on the web, like restoring a vintage motorcycle from a 50 page restoration block or finally break down that long article you've had open for weeks. Gemini and Chrome is here for it. Ready to make anything online make sense? There's no place like Chrome. Check responses, set up required compatibility, and availability varies 18 plus. You're tuned in. You're tuned in. To the investing for beginners podcast. Investing for beginners podcast. The show for the long term investor. We cut through the noise to focus on what works. Compounding, discipline, the conviction to buy wonderful businesses and stick with them. Your path to financial freedom. Start now. And welcome back to the investing for beginners podcast, everybody. My name is Stephen Morris, and with me is the amazing, the incredible, the undisputed champion of investing in the world, Andrew Saylor. Give it up for Andrew Saylor, everybody. We're going all downhill from here. Stop me start me on the top of the perch and then we'll just all roll down together. This investment advice is what you is what you pay for it. So... Hashtag free. No. I don't know, Andrew. It's funny because this is one of the areas that frustrates me a lot because it's really hard to identify. Like I said in the open, you know, they they they do, like, stock based compensation. I know that's, like, one of your biggest pet peeves in the world. It is so hard to find sometimes. And, like, it seems like businesses …