A data point and wishing for a few more does not give you a 'pretty reliable trend'. It does the opposite of giving you that.
You're absolutely right. Except that I said 2 data points and then waiting to see if there are more...in which case you would be able to argue for a reliable trend.
Yes, if you knew the company was throwing expensive parties every weekend and spending millions of chefs on a regular basis, maybe. But you don't. The point was, the stuff the commenter highlighted doesn't really explain their losses.