VCFO

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

How Quality of Earnings Reports Impact Valuation Securing a Quality of Earnings (QoE) report is often a routine step in the due diligence process for acquisitions. It entails a deep dive into many facets of operations including the status of contracts, customer concentration risk, the ability to deliver services, and other expense drivers.

Valuation 86

Valuation Auditing Concentration CFO 86

Future CFO

MARCH 23, 2023

This applies particularly when liquidity is tightening sharply and when unrealised valuation losses on asset holdings could be realised if a deposit run forced banks to sell assets, the credit rating agency said. Support for smaller banks may be more variable, the firm noted. “If

Banking 52

Banking Valuation Concentration Risk Management 52

CFO News Room

JANUARY 17, 2023

Consequently, I will concentrate this post on how this crisis is playing out in markets, and the effects it has had, so far, on businesses and investments, and whether these effects are likely to be transient or permanent. I revisited my valuation of the index, with the updated values: Spreadsheet to value the S&P 500.

Economics 130

Economics Valuation Treasury Forecasting 130

VCFO

MARCH 30, 2023

Building Blocks and Best Practices for Driving Business Value Business valuation is not an original or uncommon topic. If a company’s offerings are so niched or concentrated, what happens if demand shifts suddenly or consistently over time for that offering or set of offerings?

Valuation 89

Valuation SAP Concentration Benchmarking 89

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As a result, the ‘traditional’ valuation of an advisory firm wasn’t really 2X revenue; it was 6-8X profits, and when advisory firms can run 25% to 30% profit margins, 7X profits at 28% margins came out to almost exactly 2X revenue. (In When it comes to technology firms, revenue valuation multiples are often much higher.

Planning 130

Planning Technology Valuation Communication 130

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

So, last year, valuations were high, interest rates were low. And I said, “Look, you’ve got to look at where we are with valuations, and you have to look at where the 10-year Treasury is at. We update the expected return and the expected risk inside of eMoney. Is it at 1.5%? Cean: Correct.

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Restructuring Planning Accounting Marketing 130

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Valuation and Investment Judgment I know that your intent in reading this thesis might be a more pragmatic one, where you wonder whether the Adani companies were over valued at the start of this year, when they hit their all time high, and whether they are a bargain, at half that price today.

Marketing 130

Marketing Investments Auditing Restructuring 130