Future CFO

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Declining profitability: For example, are your sales lower or your cost of goods sold higher? Poor interest coverage ratio: This shows operating profits may not be able to cover interest expenses. This is part of the economic climate in which they operate and can impact customer insolvency. Weakened balance sheet.

Profit and Loss 52

Profit and Loss Concentration Benchmarking Invoicing 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2016

Until last year, it seemed like there was no ceiling the Chinese economy couldn’t simply break through, but as the country’s long-term economic crisis continues, some retailers are seeing their previously impenetrable profit margins dissolving into dust. JD.com announced a loss of 7.63 billion yuan ($1.2

Sales 40

Sales Profit and Loss CFO Economics 40

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

During the course of the year, investors also rediscovered that the essence of business is not growing revenues or adding users, but making profits from that growth. In this post, I will focus on trend lines in profitability at companies in 2022, with the intent of addressing multiple questions.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

The company reported the second-quarter profit of its fiscal year at $460 million, or 26 cents a share, on sales of $18.01 Disney executives did not speculate on near-term financial effects beyond saying that the direct-to-consumer (D2C) segment – which includes Hulu and Disney+ – would see a loss of more than $1 billion in Q3.

Profit and Loss 65

Profit and Loss Restructuring Entertainment Economics 65

PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2020

All in, the bank reported a 51 percent earnings plunge, with profits falling to $4.7 Results also reflected new provisions for spiking credit losses and growing uncertainty over the nation’s path toward recovery during the second half. But given the current economic headwinds, JPMC’s path through the second quarter was bumpy.

Profit and Loss 65

Profit and Loss Nonprofit Banking Economics 65

Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

There is some risk to using past performance to inform your long-term plans, and this can be compounded during times of economic uncertainty. This statement provides information about whether your business can generate a profit by reducing costs or increasing revenue. Your company needs to make plans for the future.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 98

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning Forecasting Profit and Loss 98

PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2016

The news from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) last week that the retail industry added 48,000 new jobs in March — bringing the increase to 378,000 new jobs over the past 12 months — appears to be positive on a number of fronts. And while the number of retail jobs in the U.S.

Retail 40

Retail Manufacturing Profit and Loss Financial Analyst 40

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Are media buyers burning through budgets at the last minute just to preserve them for a better shot next year, or will the ad rebound collectively help recoup 2020 losses with holiday sales? did strong Q3 numbers, with PYMNTS reporting that “Alphabet said search and other advertising revenues rose 6 percent year over year to $26.3

Sales 70

Sales Advertising Profit and Loss Budgeting 70

PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2020

The revenue is an increase of 13 percent from last year, and the number of cars sold is an increase of 25 percent year over year. The company’s total gross profit in Q2 was $150 million, a 9 percent increase, and the net loss sat at $106 million, an increase of 66 percent, the letter stated. ”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

The company isn’t profitable yet, and probably won’t be for a while. Since PDD went public, it has been hit with net losses of $981.4 Q4 revenue jumped 697 percent year-on-year to $491 million, although the operating losses increased as well. The social component is especially popular with women. million in Q2 and $159.9

eCommerce 53

eCommerce Profit and Loss Securities Entertainment 53

PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2016

Yesterday (May 3), the strategic retail advisory firm HRC Advisory released the findings from a study showing that operating earnings from sales have declined by up to 25 percent as a result of a shift from in-store to online.

eCommerce 43

eCommerce Profit and Loss Retail Sales 43

Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

There is some risk to using past performance to inform your long-term plans, and this can be compounded during times of economic uncertainty. This statement provides information about whether your business can generate a profit by reducing costs or increasing revenue. Your company needs to make plans for the future.

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 52

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Planning Forecasting Profit and Loss 52

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. .

Marketing 130

Marketing Advertising Profit and Loss Investments 130

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

On Thursday morning, news broke that the nation’s largest retailer is suing its longtime credit card issuer, alleging breach of contract. According to internal anonymous sources, loan losses stood at about 9 percent of outstanding balances on Walmart cards as of this past spring — meaning Synchrony was reluctant to meet those terms.

Profit and Loss 46

Profit and Loss Manufacturing Retail Economics 46

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2016

Which, they don’t always do — even if the company does make a profit. For instance, when Amazon posted a Q4 2015 profit of $482 million, lower than expected, its stock dipped 13 percent in post-trading hours. Could the new (profit-making) Amazon be here to stay? Could the new (profit-making) Amazon be here to stay?

Profit and Loss 40

Profit and Loss CFO Sales Economics 40

Finvisage

JANUARY 2, 2020

The report further proceeds with Results and Findings column, confronting data on several key economic factors affecting TCI on a macro scale. Subsequently, the report touches upon the UK’s current economic environment and TCI’s recent market status. It does not aim to replace profits lost on the transaction. in 2016 to 1.8%

Construction 52

Construction Manufacturing Economics Profit and Loss 52

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Given the historical roots of the biggest Indian family groups, the Adani Group has been a recent entrant, not making the top ten list (in terms of either operating metrics like revenues or market-based numbers like market capitalization or enterprise value) as recently as ten years ago, and barely making the top ten list five or six years ago.

Marketing 130

Marketing Investments Auditing Restructuring 130

PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2016

During this webinar, we’ll focus on how to improve the customer experience at every decision point while boosting compliance efforts and why it is important for businesses to invest in new technologies to improve the customer experience, maintain compliance, increase profitability, and remain competitive in the marketplace.

Profit and Loss 41

Profit and Loss Compliance Economics B2B 41

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

It turns out that gift cards are the preferred mode of payment for an increasing number of fraudsters — 26 percent last year. In all, losses to this emerging and increasingly occurring form of fraud reached $40 million in 2017, doubling the $20 million in losses reported 2015. locations at its peak. “We

Profit and Loss 53

Profit and Loss Restructuring Retail Compliance 53

PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

billion) for an effort that has seen the number of lenders in the nation reduced by a third to 23, savings and loans companies reduced to 25 from 40, finance houses trimmed to 11 from 19, and micro-finance and micro-credit lenders reduced by roughly 70 percent to 168, from 554. So far the government has paid at least 12 billion cedis ($2.2

Banking 46

Banking Profit and Loss Restructuring Finance 46

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

Six days later, The New York Times reported that Bear Stearns was dangling on the age of bankruptcy and a forced liquidation after it posted a 61 percent drop in net profits as a result of hedge fund losses in the subprime mortgage market. Unemployment is below 4 percent, wages are growing and retail sales are surging.

Profit and Loss 40

Profit and Loss Education Economics Marketing 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 29, 2021

This is a “short” sale, and if you are right and the stock price drops, you can buy the shares at the now "discounted" price, return them to the original owner and keep the difference as your profit. In a short squeeze, this cycle speeds up to the point that short sellers have no choice but to exit the position.

Profit and Loss 52

Profit and Loss Valuation Investments Sales 52

PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2018

The economics work thanks to the law of averages. It’s not large enough to draw advertising from the movie industry, which is its apparent goal for financial stability in the future, but it’s also not small enough to have a business model that is such a flagrant money loss.

Profit and Loss 40

Profit and Loss Advertising Economics Accounting 40

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Instacart Business Model The Instacart business model extends online shopping, already common in other areas of retailing, into the grocery store space. In the second, I will examine the forces that are pushing consumers to online grocery shopping, and the ceiling for that growth is much lower than it is than in other areas of retailing.

Profit and Loss 102

Profit and Loss Valuation Advertising Investments 102

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

Consumers always have their debit card handy and and can provide that number to a sender – knowing that if something goes wrong they are protected. Senders don’t have to ask receivers for the ABA and routing number of the bank account they’d like the money deposited to either – and then when the 99.9

Profit and Loss 43

Profit and Loss Currencies Accounting Securities 43

CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

On Monday, the White House announced that it will let the Covid-related public health emergency declarations expire on May 11, 2023… [T]he numbers don’t lie. Stay safe out there! * * * • “China Covid: Coffins sell out as rural losses mount” [ BBC ]. Though CDC may be jiggering the numbers soon.

Advertising 130

Advertising Healthcare Profit and Loss Education 130

Musings on Markets

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The music companies provided marketing support, seeking out radio stations that would carry their music, and distributional backing to get albums to retailers. In many ways, it was impossible for a musician to break through, without studio backing, and that power imbalance allowed the latter to claim the lion’s share of the revenues.

Entertainment 77

Entertainment Profit and Loss Numbers Marketing 77

PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2017

In a conversation with economist and author of “Matchmakers: The Economics of Multi-Sided Platforms,” David Evans, in 2009, Co-Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey initially hinted at ambitions of controlling both ends of the payments ecosystem with what he called a “more elegant” payments experience. But profitability has remained elusive.

Profit and Loss 44

Profit and Loss Accounting Marketing Sales 44

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?

Valuation 113

Valuation Profit and Loss Entertainment Investments 113

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

So, so let’s talk a little bit about your, your background ba in economics from Dartmouth. ’cause then I figure I could always be employed either managing the numbers or doing law and get those two degrees. It was America’s largest retailer. It’s a pleasure to be here. You get a Stanford MBA.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 69

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Valuation Numbers 69

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It extends into materiality, by reframing that concept in terms of value, rather than profits, and connecting it to disclosure, with disclosure requirements increasing proportionately with the value effect. At the time, the view that disclosure requirements should be general, and apply to all companies, was rooted in the idea of fairness.

Profit and Loss 70

Profit and Loss Accounting Numbers IFRS 70

CFO Talks

DECEMBER 26, 2021

So that you will eventually have the CFO focusing on three reporting areas, the traditional IFRS, then secondly, business efficiencies, and then because of the difficult economic circumstances we are in, the only way that you can still maintain the bottom line is through better efficiencies. The last one is then climate change.

CFO 40

CFO Profit and Loss Finance Accounting 40

Barry Ritholtz

JANUARY 24, 2023

STEVEN KLINSKY, FOUNDER, CEO AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEW MOUNTAIN CAPITAL: I come from the Detroit area of Michigan as a public school kid, went to University of Michigan and studied both economics and philosophy. I mean, those were the — that’s what got people all excited and — RITHOLTZ: That’s venture capital numbers.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 103

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Leverage Numbers 103

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

I had an economics lesson, I had a life lesson, I had an epiphany, I had a race relations lesson, I had a self-esteem and confidence lesson. Being broke is economic, but being poor is a disabling frame of mind, a depressed condition of your spirit. It’s home economics class, doesn’t exist anymore. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Economics 57

Economics Education Profit and Loss Banking 57

Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 4, 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.

Advertising 98

Advertising Profit and Loss Investments Marketing 98

PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Trackers use a number of creative methodologies and frameworks that measure and benchmark an ever-changing landscape. Buy now, pay later (BNPL) solutions hold promise in alleviating some of these issues, but many retailers are still taking hands-off approaches to dealing with pandemic-related shifts in consumers’ spending habits. “I

Profit and Loss 103

Profit and Loss Banking B2B Retail 103

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 19, 2022

We discussed all these things as well as why there has never been a better time to be a retail investor than right now, right here in this era. RAMPULLA: I went to Drexel part time while I was at Vanguard, did that commute down to Philadelphia from the suburbs, you know, three times a week for a number of years. Who’s your focus?

Investments 111

Investments Profit and Loss Education Advertising 111