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Originally Posted by yialanliu
One way to measure market cap is to discount future cashflows. As long as you're making the most money, you're the largest.
However, being profitable doesn't make you the largest. You can have lower revenue but a higher margin to win. That's why I think this is baloney.
Other metrics are much better like fleet size, number of passengers flown or destinations served.
How far im future would you go? Short of a major lawsuit, outflows are limited. Market capitalisation is very volatile.