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How to Calculate Your Profitability: A Case Study

CFO Simplified

As Iowa State University reminds us, “profitability is the primary goal of all business ventures.”. Business leadership is often responsible for measuring current, past, and future profitability. But what is profitability? This CFO Simplified client watched profitability slowly disappear—until they incurred a $125,000 loss.

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What to Expect When You Hire an Outsourced CFO

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What to Expect When You Hire an Outsourced CFO The thought of hiring an outsourced Chief Financial Officer (CFO) has been on your mind, perhaps driven by stalled growth and advice from your mentors. Yet, hesitation shadows your resolve, fueled by fears of wasted money, loss of control, and dependency on a seemingly detached contractor.

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How a CFO Helps with Strategic Decisions

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I recently met up with an old friend and entrepreneur who asked me for “CFO strategic planning help.” As the president of an outsourced CFO services firm, I get this type of request a lot, though it means different things to different people. Or is he just probing to find out if a fractional CFO is worth it ?

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Fuel retail turns profitable for OMCs

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Companies are estimated to have made a loss of Rs 1.2 per litre on the sale of diesel in the current quarter so far. But a profit of Rs 6.8 per litre on petrol has turned the blended margin on the two fuels positive, according to the brokerage.

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The Best Time to Make a Profit is ALWAYS

Michigan CFO

And in Q1 of 2017, investors were pleased the company reduced its quarterly loss to $708M from the Q4 2016 loss of $991M. From CNNtech: “To many readers, the loss is nothing short of staggering. Losses down, even though they keep investing heavily around the world.” The time to be profitable is ALWAYS.

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DraftKings, Cinemark, Hershey and more

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in premarket trading despite reporting a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss and revenue that topped Wall Street forecasts. after reporting better-than-expected quarterly revenue, even though its loss was larger than analysts had anticipated. Hershey’s improved outlook signals strong Halloween candy sales. Warner Bros.

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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

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Thanks above all to the pioneering and in-depth work of Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt, the press, Congresscritters, and the victimized general public have gotten an idea of how private equity’s exploitation of the many chokepoints in health care has enabled them to profit greatly to our collective detriment.