RE: Why is BBD struggling ...I think you have missed my point. My response to your post was simply to point out that many of the things you said were not facts but opinions. I have no problem with people stating their opinions but to call things facts that are in reality opinions means that you lose some credibility. As I also said, it's nothing personal, I simply want to separate fact from opinion. Good investing requires factual information from which to develop an opinion to invest or not.
If as you say there are many inaccuracies in my response to you please feel free to point them out. In order to enjoy a good debate, one must respond to comments made. Not so as to be critical but to point out why you disagree, and/or to correct an error.
You ask me to justify and validate the latest 80% rise. That assumes that it needs to be justified. I don't think the rise is the issue. A stock could be undervalued before and then rise to it's proper value. Then of course the rise would appear large but that would be misleading and in my opinion not a wise way to judge a current share price. I believe the real question is whether or not BBD shares are worth what they are priced at today, not how much it has risen in the last 8 months. Current concensus earnings of $0.27 this year and $0.36 next year puts todays price at 18.9 times current p/e and 14.2 times next year. As an investor I have to form an opinion as to whether I believe the estimates for this year and next (based on market conditions yadda yadda), and, at what multiple am I willing to pay. That is also the reason why 2 people can look at the same info and come to a different conclusion regarding worth.
Cheers.