[JonFish85]

I guess it depends on how much it'll cost to access those profits. It might turn a profit if it receives another $500mn in cash to keep operations running. But what if it can't, and it needs another $1bn worth of runway to reach it? There's always the hope of a profit down the road, but taken to the extreme, $1 of profit down the road in 10 years isn't worth the $10bn it'll take to get there (I know this is a very extreme example).