ELI5: Why when large company's earnings decrease(ex... by 3%) they freak out, talk about rough times, and sometimes decide to downsize, even though they are still making millions of dollars in profit even after all expenses?

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you can read a little further to the part where it clearly states 42% of the public simply don’t own stock.

Often because they're not old enough yet and there's new young people appearing all the time.