Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2024

Since businesses invest that capital in their operations, generally, and in individual projects (or assets), specifically, the big question is whether they generate enough in profits to meet these hurdle rate requirements. While private businesses are often described as profit maximizers, the truth is that if they should be value maximizers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

New data from insolvency firm Begbies Traynor may set off alarm bells: The number of U.K. A report released from the company this week found a 25 percent year-over-year increase in the number of companies categorized as being in significant financial distress in Q2, the largest yearly increase the firm has seen in three years, it said.

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Numbers Construction Profit and Loss Credit Risk 46

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

In closing, I also want to dispense with the notion that data is objective and that numbers-focused people have no bias. Finally, it is worth noting that, notwithstanding the travails of last year, the number of firms in the data universe increased from 44,394 firms at the start of 2020 to 46,579 firms, a 4.9%

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Valuation Currencies Numbers Corporate Finance 52

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

We will end with a discussion of how enterprises try, with mixed effects, to build protections against the loss of key personnel. and that effect, as I have noted in my earlier discussions of narrative and numbers, can be all encompassing. Who is a key person?

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Valuation Profit and Loss Entertainment Investments 113

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 5, 2024

The numbers that I computed opened my eyes to how much perspective on the high, low, and typical values, i.e., the distribution of margins, helped in valuing the company, and how little information there was available, at least at that time, on this dimension. Aggregate operating numbers 3. Insider, CEO & Institutional holdings 2.

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Valuation Financial Analysis Analyzing Data Profit and Loss 98

Musings on Markets

MARCH 8, 2023

This is the last of my data update posts for 2023, and in this one, I will focus on dividends and buybacks, perhaps the most most misunderstood and misplayed element of corporate finance. As growth moderates and profitability improves, free cash flows to equity will turn positive, giving these firms the capacity to return cash.

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Hurdle Rate Corporate Finance Investments Finance 91

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

In the next post, I will use Facebook’s most recent earnings surprise to talk about inconsistencies in how accountants categorize corporate spending, and why these inconsistencies can skew investors perceptions of corporate profitability and financial health. billion in the third quarter of 2022. .

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