Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Customers get the time-savings and convenience from having grocery shopping (and delivery, if chosen) done for them, but they pay in the form on both delivery fees and a service charge of 5-10% of the bill, depending on the store picked and the number of items in the basket.

Profit and Loss 102

Profit and Loss Valuation Advertising Investments 102

Musings on Markets

JULY 22, 2021

Zomato, an Indian online food-delivery company, was opened up to public market investors on July 14, 2021, and its market debut is being watched for clues by a number of other online ventures in India, waiting in the wings to go public.

Marketing 86

Marketing Valuation Profit and Loss Advertising 86

Centage

APRIL 19, 2022

Without a comparison between your forecasted income and expenses and your company’s actual income and expenses, you have no way of knowing whether you are on track, doing better than expected, or falling behind. Your budget is a forecast and a flexible plan. Profit: Your company’s revenue minus expenses is its profit.

Budgeting 98

Budgeting Profit and Loss Forecasting Sales 98

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In the 1970s, Hollywood discovered the payoff from blockbuster movies, and the movie business became increasingly dependent on the biggest blockbusters delivering enough revenues and profits to cover a whole host of movies that either lost money or broke even. Embedded in these numbers are two other trends worth noting.

Entertainment 77

Entertainment Profit and Loss Numbers Marketing 77

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It extends into materiality, by reframing that concept in terms of value, rather than profits, and connecting it to disclosure, with disclosure requirements increasing proportionately with the value effect. I don’t think so, but you can see why the company was tempted to go with that inflated number to push a “big market” narrative.

Profit and Loss 70

Profit and Loss Accounting Numbers IFRS 70

Musings on Markets

JUNE 23, 2023

From 2001 to 2020, revenue growth at semiconductor businesses has dropped to single digits, as higher demand for chips in new uses has been offset by loss of pricing power, and declining chip prices. Sustained Profitability, with Cycles! While revenue growth has picked up again in the last three years, the business has matured.

Valuation 91

Valuation Profit and Loss Investments Marketing 91

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

The net loss at the bottom line was 65 percent worse than a year ago. Moreover, when one looks at the raw sales estimates, about 75 million iPhones are expected to ship this holiday season, whereas the most optimistic projections for the Pixel are forecasting sales around 9 million. And millennials are signing up for membership, too.

Profit and Loss 64

Profit and Loss Sales Forecasting Advertising 64

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2018

After ricocheting around during an earnings call that was called “ wild ” by more than watchers (by Facebook, as opposed to Tesla, standards), and hitting a bottom of 6 percent losses and a top of 5 percent gains, investors were ultimately happier than worried. Plus, it was slightly below Wall Street forecasts of 2.29 31) trading.

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Profit and Loss Advertising Forecasting Leverage 43

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 21, 2023

You can use this in a number of ways. And that’s a pretty good number. ASNESS: Some of the things like betting against beta, quality or profitability, carry strategies were additions over time. Meaning, low beta stocks have kept up with high beta stocks, which in the simplest theory, they’re not supposed to.

Profit and Loss 64

Profit and Loss Valuation Forecasting Investments 64

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 11, 2023

DAMODARAN: I am interested in numbers. I’m naturally a numbers person. To me, storytelling is much more — I mean, if you think about the history of humanity, for thousands of years, the way we pass down information was with stories, not numbers. They had the access to loss and excel really.

Valuation 114

Valuation Education Finance Investments 114

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

On Monday, the White House announced that it will let the Covid-related public health emergency declarations expire on May 11, 2023… [T]he numbers don’t lie. Stay safe out there! * * * • “China Covid: Coffins sell out as rural losses mount” [ BBC ]. But the Democrats weren’t finished. It’s easy to imagine a future without corrupt a s.

Advertising 130

Advertising Healthcare Profit and Loss Education 130