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The key benefit of Benfords law is that it doesnt matter what kind of firm it ispublic, private, what accounting policies it follows, what currency it operates in, whether its loss-making, whether its a growth company, highly leveraged or no leverage at allmakes absolutely no difference. And its incredibly difficult.

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That said, it does mean that any broad conclusions (about profitability and revenues) that emerge from my data apply to public companies, and it may be dangerous to extrapolate to private businesses, especially in a year like 2020 where private businesses could have been affected more adversely by COVID shutdowns than public companies.

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