Here, Lamplighter goes through the methodology it used to assess Rambus’ profitability. Find the introduction to the challenge here. Lamplighter leveraged the methodology introduced by Michael Mauboussin and Dan Callihan here.

Forgive our dust. This is a work-in-progress. It was last updated 5/2/24

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The Accountant’s P&L

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Research & Development

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Sales & Marketing

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Stock-based Compensation

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Profit?

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