Order-of-magnitude gap: the company is already serving a demand source whose scale dwarfs its own current business
The model's full reasoning — Q1 2018 call → NOWe need answer YES or NO based on transcript. Need determine if management describes mismatch of scale: company already inside something enormous relative to own business, with real business, and management draws size contrast as point. Transcript: Kosta says wearables market growing, company has share? He says "We have something like a 5% or 6% share globally of the watch business. If we get that of what's expected to be in wearables, a $33 billion business in three years, it could be a very significant business for us." This is management drawing size contrast: company already in wearables with $80 million sales in Q1, 97% growth, nearly 20% of sales. They are already inside wearables market, and note small share (5-6% of watch business) relative to $33 billion market. But is that "enormous relative to company's current business"? Company sales ~$569M quarter, annual ~$2.5B? Wearables market $33B in three years. 5-6% share would be ~$1.65-2B, which is comparable to company size, not several times bigger? Actually company current total sales ~$2.5B? Wait 2018 sales maybe ~$2.5B? Q1 $569M, full year maybe $2.5B. $33B market, 5-6% share = $1.65-2B, less than current total. But management says "could be very significant" not several times bigger. Also they say "If we get that of what's expected to be in wearables" - but they already have share? They have 5-6% of watch business globally, not necessarily wearables. They are already inside wearables with real business. But does management convey that even modest further share would make company several times bigger? They say "could be a very significant business" not several times. Also they mention "wearables last year was an $18 billion business, growing to $33 billion in three years." They have $80M quarter, annualized $320M, that's ~1.8% of $18B. If they get 5-6% of $33B = ~$1.65-2B, which is ~5-6x current wearables revenue, but not several times total company. The question asks "ENORMOUS RELATIVE TO THE COMPANY'S OWN CURRENT BUSINESS, such that even a modest further share of it would make the company several times bigger than it is today." Management does not explicitly say that. They say "could be very significant" and "we'll play it out." Also they are already a leading participant? Not necessarily. But the key is management draws size contrast? They mention share and market size.
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