Fpanda Club

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Another important aspect to consider within the discussed topic is how exactly FP&A is different from other finance disciplines, namely accounting, corporate finance and financial control.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 130

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Corporate Finance Communication Budgeting 130

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

The table below lists my industry groups, with the number of companies in each one: I am sure that some of you will find even these industry groupings to be over-broad, but I had to make a compromise between having too many groupings, with not enough firms in each one, and too few.

Valuation 91

Valuation Corporate Finance Currencies Finance 91

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

That skewing can affect valuation and pricing judgments about these firms, and correcting accounting inconsistencies is a key step towards leveling the playing field. Financing Expenses treated as Operating Expenses. When a financing expense is treated as an operating expense, that mistake plays out across the financial statements.

Accounting 130

Accounting Marketing Advertising Valuation 130

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Of course, and with small businesses, especially those built around personal services (a doctor or plumber’s practice), it is part of the valuation process, where the key person is valued or at least priced and incorporated into valuation. To estimate key person value, there are three general approaches: 1.

Valuation 113

Valuation Profit and Loss Entertainment Investments 113

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Corporate finance is breaking records with its M&A activity this year, thanks, in part, to rising cash reserves. And these are big numbers.”. According to reports, Apple has secured a valuation of about $800 billion, due in part to its cash reserves and other investments. You don’t know what the credit ratings are.

Investments 40

Investments Corporate Finance Valuation Finance 40

Regent Assay

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The team led by Dolf Campman brought us a number of interesting opportunities, and in the case of XVR Simulation this resulted in the completion of an attractive acquisition. Their contribution to the execution of the transaction was also very helpful.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Compliance Corporate Finance Valuation 52

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

That skewing can affect valuation and pricing judgments about these firms, and correcting accounting inconsistencies is a key step towards leveling the playing field. Accounting 101 I am not an accountant, and have no desire to be one, but I have used their output (accounting statements) as raw material in valuation and corporate finance.

Accounting 74

Accounting Advertising Valuation Investments 74

CFO News Room

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Out of all the finance jobs available to college graduates, financial managers are some of the highest-paying, with high demand for workers in this field. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment numbers for Financial Managers are expected to rise by 17% over the next decade , faster than the average for all occupations.

Finance 130

Finance Budgeting Compliance Financial Analyst 130

CFO News Room

JANUARY 18, 2023

Even though we live in an age where user platforms and hyper revenue growth can drive company valuations, that adage remains true. The numbers yield interesting insights. . The proverbial bottom line for success in business is the capacity to deliver profits, at least in the long term.

Marketing 130

Marketing Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting 130

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

To illustrate, consider a practice in valuation, where analysts are trained to add a small cap premium to discount rates for smaller companies, on the intuition that they are riskier than larger companies. In closing, I also want to dispense with the notion that data is objective and that numbers-focused people have no bias.

Valuation 52

Valuation Currencies Numbers Corporate Finance 52

CFO Thought Leader

JULY 12, 2023

Read More “I just went down this rabbit hole where I was working weekends as a musician and doing studio work in the evenings,” explains Parsons, who adds that his weekend music tours would often book-end 70-hour workweeks in corporate finance. “I I have not necessarily built my career by trying to fill niches and gaps on my c.v.,

CFO 52

CFO Finance Corporate Finance Valuation 52

CFO News Room

JANUARY 7, 2023

Data: Trickle to a Flood! It is perhaps a reflection of my age that I remember when getting data to do corporate financial analysis or valuation was a chore. Mean reversion : I am not a knee-jerk believer in mean reversion, but the tendency for numbers to move back towards averages is a strong one.

Marketing 130

Marketing Valuation Corporate Finance Financial Analysis 130

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.

Valuation 98

Valuation Financial Analysis Analyzing Data Profit and Loss 98

PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2016

Of course, we have the quarterly numbers, too, including insight into how American Express’ commercial card business is holding up. According to analysts, adjustments in Amex’s Global Commercial Services (GCS) strategy — including new small business services, FX tools and other corporate finance products — helped bump up the numbers.

CFO 40

CFO Valuation B2B Finance 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

RPA is igniting chatter in the corporate finance community as professionals explore next-level analytics and automation functionality to enhance processes like accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash flow management and more. While Automation Anywhere’s funding was the largest of the week, its valuation is not the biggest.

Accounts Payable 77

Accounts Payable Foreign Exchange Currencies Startups 77

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Even though we live in an age where user platforms and hyper revenue growth can drive company valuations, that adage remains true. The numbers yield interesting insights. The proverbial bottom line for success in business is the capacity to deliver profits, at least in the long term.

Hurdle Rate 80

Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting Entertainment 80

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 24, 2024

In my last post, I looked at equities in 2023, and argued that while they did well during 2023, the bounce back were uneven, with a few big winning companies and sectors, and a significant number of companies not partaking in the recovery.

Treasury 52

Treasury Currencies Marketing Economics 52

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

It is perhaps a reflection of my age that I remember when getting data to do corporate financial analysis or valuation was a chore. Thus, without a sense of what comprises a high or low profit margin for a firm, or what the cost of capital is for the typical company, it is easy to create "fairy tale" valuations and analyses.

Valuation 52

Valuation Corporate Finance Financial Analysis Leverage 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2016

The tallies are in: Innovate Finance has calculated the state of investment in FinTech for 2015, and we have the numbers. Innovate Finance released The 2015 FinTech Investment Landscape this month, a report that offers a snapshot at how investors are placing their money among financial innovators.

B2B 40

B2B Foreign Exchange Accounts Payable Startups 40

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 5, 2023

Adding to the confusion are the proliferation of very different numbers that you may have seen attached to the current equity risk premium, each usually quoting an expert in the field, but providing little context.

Treasury 78

Treasury Valuation Investments Corporate Finance 78

Future CFO

DECEMBER 7, 2020

ST: I’m reporting to the CEO and board of directors, providing leadership in all aspects of business and finance, including strategic planning, annual business plan, rolling forecast, financial management, treasury, regulatory reporting, internal controls, taxation, and procurement.

CFO 52

CFO Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Leadership Finance 52

CFO News Room

JANUARY 20, 2023

Risk and Hurdle Rates In investing and corporate finance, we have no choice but to come up with measures of risk, flawed though they might be, that can be converted into numbers that drive decisions.

Hurdle Rate 130

Hurdle Rate Currencies Investments Corporate Finance 130

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 15, 2023

After the rating downgrade, my mailbox was inundated with questions of what this action meant for investing, in general, and for corporate finance and valuation practice, in particular, and this post is my attempt to answer them all with one post. What is a risk free investment? Why does the risk-free rate matter?

Investments 80

Investments Currencies Treasury Hurdle Rate 80

CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

In the third and final post, I will argue that Facebook’s troubles with the market have as much to do with a failure of narrative, as they are about disappointing numbers, and present a template for what the company needs to do, to reclaim the high ground.

Marketing 130

Marketing Advertising Profit and Loss Investments 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Risk and Hurdle Rates In investing and corporate finance, we have no choice but to come up with measures of risk, flawed though they might be, that can be converted into numbers that drive decisions. In corporate finance, this takes the form of a hurdle rate , a minimum acceptable return on an investment, for it to be funded.

Hurdle Rate 67

Hurdle Rate Currencies Investments Corporate Finance 67

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

I went into what’s called corporate finance, what people would see now as sort of M&A department. CHANCELLOR: Well, I was actually in a sort of subgroup there, which was called corporate strategy. But I didn’t last very long there because I thought I didn’t like corporate finance.

Valuation 56

Valuation Finance Investments Banking 56

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In the third and final post, I will argue that Facebook's troubles with the market have as much to do with a failure of narrative, as they are about disappointing numbers, and present a template for what the company needs to do, to reclaim the high ground.

Advertising 98

Advertising Profit and Loss Investments Marketing 98

Musings on Markets

MAY 11, 2021

With capital gains, in addition to pension funds, foreign investors are not required to pay capital gains taxes (though they face taxes on dividends), resulting in an even smaller percentage of tax paying investors (I estimate 50%, but it is a shifting number).

Investments 52

Investments Valuation Treasury Forecasting 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

From a heightened use of mobile banking solutions, to more evidence of paper check abandonment, to the potential fiscal impact of the blockchain for banks, this week’s data was all about FIs and their corporate clients shaping the way money moves between firms. We break down all the numbers below. $1

Banking 40

Banking Valuation Treasury Cash Management 40

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 11, 2023

 The transcript from this week’s, MiB: Aswath Damodaran: Valuations, Narratives & Academia , is below. ASWATH DAMODARAN, KERSCHNER FAMILY CHAIR IN FINANCE EDUCATION, NYU STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS: I’m glad to be back. You’re known as the dean of valuation. He said, oh, dean of valuation, it’s easier to say.

Valuation 114

Valuation Education Finance Investments 114