Netflix Inc. (NFLX)

Google Cloud's growth rate stayed in the same band in the quarters before the run, but the margin underneath it was doubling in plain sight.

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The cloud unit is a minority of revenue and the majority of operating profit, and what it has already contracted is what makes the upside case testable rather than hopeful.

The consolidated earnings-growth metric, that management once led with, no longer opens its remarks, and the businesses the replacement metrics measure move at very different speeds.

While strong cash flow is a key indicator of stability, it doesn’t always translate to superior returns. Some cash-heavy businesses struggle with inefficient spending, slowing demand, or weak competit...