No. Because I have a basic understanding of economics and business operations, it depends.

If you could show me the revenue, profits, sales, investments, and salaries for a company and put their finances in context with the entire industry and external factors, then I could form some opinion about that company or the industry as a whole.

Egg producers on the west coast had to slaughter over four million hens due to bird flu. Taking this single event as it is, it would suggest that the wholesale cost of eggs on the west coast would decrease while the east coast would see prices increase. Because the overall supply of eggs decreased and, as its been reported, the demand has increased, retail prices went up. This price increase is due to the need to acquire eggs from other locations and juggling the supply chain. When dealing with unknown economic forecasts, due to bird flu or hurricanes or forrest fires or covid, an intelligent CFO would increase prices to prepare for a downturn in sales. Then, when they have too much stock, they could sell the product cheaper to get rid of it. If it turns out that there's a sustained economic stress, they've banked some cash to continue operations - employing staff. They might even hoard capital to make investments. These investments could be for needless CEO bonuses, they could be for union pensions, they could be for expanding infrastructure, or buying other failing companies.

"Record profits", in and of itself, is not a bad thing. How they acquired those profits and what they do with them is what's to be judged.

Well, that's entirely incorrect. You can make up all the words you want but those words already exist and have definitions.

Corporate greed and inflation could not be more separate from each other. At least apples and oranges are both fruits.

Honestly, it's difficult for me to understand how you could compare the two. I'd like to hear your thought process.