The Finance Weekly

APRIL 6, 2024

This measure is a direct product of fair value reporting, a principle insisting that assets be reported at their market value, which forms the bedrock of financial reporting standards under US GAAP. Consider this example for a clearer understanding: Imagine a business acquiring a piece of machinery for $100,000.

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GAAP Accounting Principles Financial Reporting Accounting Standards 52

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. IFRS and GAAP now treat as leases as debt, but that is still not the case in many other markets that are not covered by either standard). The numbers yield interesting insights. .

Marketing 130

Marketing Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting 130

Michigan CFO

MARCH 30, 2023

There are a number of reasons why you should have an exit strategy for a business. There are a number of variables to consider and some may weigh against each other. While you spend your time perfecting your product and service offerings, your CFO will be hard at work crunching numbers and making projections.

CFO 40

CFO GAAP Sales Planning 40

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2016

Stock prices opened at $15 but popped pretty immediately thereafter, shooting up 56 percent by the end of the first day — and locking Lending Club’s valuation in at $8.5 Lending Club’s valuation never got much higher than that $10 billion mark, but it did manage to keep its share price above its IPO value for the first half of 2014.

GAAP 73

GAAP Compliance Valuation Auditing 73

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

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. IFRS and GAAP now treat as leases as debt, but that is still not the case in many other markets that are not covered by either standard). The numbers yield interesting insights.

Hurdle Rate 80

Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting Entertainment 80

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The resulting debate among accountants about how to bring intangibles on to the books has spilled over into valuation practice, and many appraisers and analysts are wrongly, in my view, letting the accounting debate affect how they value companies. So, how far has accounting come in bringing intangible assets on to balance sheets?

Valuation 104

Valuation Profit and Loss Accounting Investments 104