Brookfield Corporation's accounts look like pure book cooking. It pays premium prices for acquisitions and then sets its own valuations on the assets once it owns them, so results that seem fine on the surface do not hold up on closer inspection. x.comÂ
Brookfield Corporation is one of the worst possible investments on its fundamentals. Revenue hasn't moved in 5 years, EPS fell from 1.59 to 0.54, the profit margin is 1.59% and ROIC is 0.5%. Its $88B market cap sits against a $461B enterprise value and $268B of debt, and its business model and acquisition and valuation strategy are unappealing. The stock hasn't moved in two years, a loss of about 8% after inflation before opportunity cost. x.comÂ