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Data Update 4 for 2021: The Hurdle Rate Question!

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What is a hurdle rate for a business? In this post, I will start by looking at the role that hurdle rates play in running a business, with the consequences of setting them too high or too low, and then look at the fundamentals that should cause hurdle rates to vary across companies. What is a hurdle rate?

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Data Update 1 for 2024: The data speaks, but what does it say?

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Employee Count & Compensation I nvesting Principle Financing Principle Dividend Principle Hurdle Rate Project Returns Financing Mix Financing Type Cash Return Dividends/Buyback s 1. Valuation Pricing Growth & Reinvestment Profitability Risk Multiple s 1. Profit Margins 1. Aggregate operating numbers 3. Be patient.

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Data Update 1 for 2021: A (Data) Look Back at a Most Forgettable Year (2020)!

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That said, it does mean that any broad conclusions (about profitability and revenues) that emerge from my data apply to public companies, and it may be dangerous to extrapolate to private businesses, especially in a year like 2020 where private businesses could have been affected more adversely by COVID shutdowns than public companies.