>>93250614Company A is taking a "shareholder value uber alles" approach to running their business, focusing on massive short-term gains at the expense of long-term ability to keep making massive gains. Company C is not focusing squarely on making the funny arrow go up forever, instead focusing on long-term viability of the company.
They have almost the same shareholder value, with a difference of less than one percent.
In somewhat less sophisticated terms, Farmer Yagoo is making about as much selling goat milk through honest work as Farmer Riku is making selling goat meat through chicanery.