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SEC Flags Benchmark That Obscured WeWork’s Bottom Line

PYMNTS

The We Company , the parent of WeWork , uses a cash-flow metric called the “contribution margin,” which showed that its core services were profitable, Bloomberg Tax reported on Tuesday (Dec. billion net loss into a $142 million profit. Yet, for WeWork, it was the primary measure of profitability, Pozen said.

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10 Thursday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

New York Times ) • Spotify Is Screwed : Spotify is the world’s biggest music streamer but rarely turns a profit and just cut 17 percent of its workforce. retailers retracted its claim that “organized retail crime” accounted for nearly half of all inventory losses in 2021 after finding that incorrect data was used for its analysis.

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To NPV or Not to NPV: That Is the Question

Fpanda Club

They tend to avoid losses and prefer to keep the things as they are rather than invest in risky innovation. It’s better to define minimally acceptable revenues, profits and cash flows and then identify the assumptions that must prove true to make those financials happen. which will be part of the allowable cost.

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How to mitigate insolvency risk

Future CFO

Declining profitability: For example, are your sales lower or your cost of goods sold higher? Poor interest coverage ratio: This shows operating profits may not be able to cover interest expenses. Review the credit terms you extend to customers and suppliers, and benchmark your trade terms against the rest of your industry.

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10 Tuesday AM Reads

Barry Ritholtz

New York Times ) see also Retailers Lobby: “We Lied About Organized Theft” The claim that organized retail crime accounted for “nearly half” of inventory losses was false, but it’s also an indictment of modern media. Wired ) • Greedflation: corporate profiteering ‘significantly’ boosted global prices, study shows.

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Zillant Partners With SAP For Pricing Optimization

PYMNTS

Distributors are challenged to set, manage and execute pricing strategies that meet profit and loss objectives, enable sales reps to win deals, and foster an excellent customer experience,” he said, according to the release.

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Uber CEO Says Its Business Is Stronger Than WeWork

PYMNTS

Both were largely invested in by SoftBank, received early money from Benchmark Capital and both have operating losses of more than $1 billion a year. He said those pressures have forced the rideshare company to perform better, and that the company expects to see an EBITDA profit by the year 2021.