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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Business valuation captures more than just your present position—it’s a mirror to your past efforts and a window to future possibilities. As we journey through this article, we’ll illuminate the core factors that breathe life into the valuation of your business. What factors influence business valuation?

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JANUARY 7, 2021

TCV's investments include Netflix, RELEX, Spotify and WorldRemit. . The deal raises the valuation of Mambu and its software banking platform to more than €1.7 TCV led the latest round of financing, with Tiger Global and Arena Holdings contributing additional dollars. billion ($2 billion), the company said in a press release.

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VCFO

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

How Quality of Earnings Reports Impact Valuation Securing a Quality of Earnings (QoE) report is often a routine step in the due diligence process for acquisitions. Market trends and regulatory changes are additional areas of focus. The post Quality of Earnings Reports Impact Valuation appeared first on vcfo.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 4, 2023

That recovery notwithstanding, uncertainties about inflation and the economy remained unresolved, and those uncertainties became part of the market story in the third quarter of 2023. The Markets in the Third Quarter Coming off a year of rising rates in 2022, interest rates have continued to command center stage in 2023.

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Nerd's Eye View

APRIL 3, 2024

Notably, the work-from-home movement has resulted in a dramatic drop in office valuations that could lead to a whole host of issues, including lending constraints in the banking sector, which is already sitting on a mountain of unrealized losses on Treasuries and mortgages.

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Musings on Markets

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

I have been writing about, and valuing, Tesla for most of its lifetime in public markets, and while it remains a company that draws strong reactions, it is also one that I truly enjoy valuing. If you are interested, you can see my valuations from 2014 , 2016 and 2017.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

To start the year, I returned to a ritual that I have practiced for thirty years, and that is to take a look at not just market changes over the last year, but also to get measures of the financial standing and practices of companies around the world. Not surprisingly, Moneyball has found its way into business and investing as well.

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CFO News

AUGUST 1, 2023

The valuation cut comes at a time when a number of headline investors in multiple Indian startups have done the same, amid a global rout across public and private technology markets.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A key value proposition for financial advisors is helping clients avoid common behavioral biases that can lead to suboptimal investment decisions. Which often leads to advisors counseling their clients to stay diversified and stick with a disciplined investment strategy to optimize their risk and return over the long term.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In my last post, I used Facebook’s recent troubles to talk about the importance of corporate governance, and how we, as investors, have abandoned the power to change management at many younger tech companies in return for being able to invest in young tech companies, with growth potential and well-regarded founders.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2019

Uber , the ride-hailing startup gearing up to go public via an initial public offering (IPO), is reportedly seeking a valuation of between $80 billion and $90 billion and is getting a $500 million investment from PayPal. It is also closer to the $76 billion valuation it had after its latest round of funding.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

on Friday notched the largest-ever one-day gain in market value for a U.S. companies as they reassess their valuations in anticipation of higher interest rates. Both stocks have surged so far, so fast in recent years that any big move can rattle the broader market and set various records. by market value, behind.

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Creative CFP

AUGUST 31, 2022

We recently performed a valuation exercise for a client who intends to swap shares in a successful South African application software company for those of a similar company in the Netherlands. While these companies operate in the same industry, we found the comparative valuations to be vastly different.

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Musings on Markets

APRIL 21, 2022

billion I estimated in 2021 (year 8 in my IPO valuation) as revenues in my IPO valuation of the company in November 2013, and its operating margin, even with generous assumptions on R&D, was 19.02% in 2021, still below my estimate of 19.76% in that year. billion, well below the $9.6 billion, with a value per share of $10.91.

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Musings on Markets

MAY 7, 2023

I also used the banking framework to argue that good banks have stickier deposits, with a higher precent of these deposits being non-interest bearing, that they invest in loans and investment securities on which they earn interest rates that cover and exceed the default risk in these investments. All Equity, All the time!

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JANUARY 30, 2019

Stripe, the San Francisco digital payments startup, has landed a $100 million investment from Tiger Global Management, boosting its valuation above $20 billion. According to a report in CNBC , citing The Information, with the $100 million investment by Tiger Global Management , Stripe now has a valuation of $22.5

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 2, 2021

Just over a week ago, I valued Zomato ahead of its market debut, and as with almost every valuation that I do on this forum, I heard from many of you. The Prelude After I posted my valuation last week, I did find some of the portrayals of my post to be a little unsettling. Let me dispel both delusions.

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In response, I have been told that the problem is not with the idea of ESG, but in its measurement and application, and that impact investing is the solution to both market and society's problems. It is human nature to want to make the world a better place, but does impact investing have the impact that it aims to create?

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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. To make comparisons, profits are scaled to common metrics, with revenues and book value of investment being the most common scalar. The numbers yield interesting insights. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

On a day that saw a stock market rout – particularly on the tech-heavy NASDAQ, which was down a percent – in at least some areas of finance, investors remain sanguine. Perhaps “overly optimistic” might be the mindset that marks private markets. Regional players like BankUnited have even smaller market caps (at about $2 billion).

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 11, 2024

I started in the MBA program at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1979, at the tail-end of its basketball glory days, fully expecting to move on to a career in consulting or investment banking, when I was done.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 10, 2023

The market clearly had a very different view, as the stock premiered at ₹ 74 per share and soared into the stratosphere, peaking at ₹ 169 per share in late 2021. My IPO Valuation. On July 21, 2021, I valued Zomato just ahead of its initial public offering at about ₹ 41 per share.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 11, 2023

Country Risk: Drivers and Measures. An investment in Nigeria or Turkey clearly exposes a firm or investor to more risks than an otherwise similar investment in Germany or Canada, but why? Country Risk: Equity Risk .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

ParkJockey , a fully integrated parking technology solutions provider, has announced an investment from the SoftBank Group , bringing its valuation to more than $1 billion.

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CFO Dive

AUGUST 2, 2022

as the investment firm’s performance faces pressure amid the slump in fixed-income and equity market valuations. KPMG veteran Brad Watkins is joining Oppenheimer & Co.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The company's valuation after this funding round is now 1.2 The new valuation is lower than the previous one, so industry observers see this as a down round, TechCrunch reported, and the previous valuation may have been overheated since the pandemic skewed things for businesses globally. The company also now has over 4.8

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

In an interview with Paul Purcell , partner at Continental Advisors , four panelists — investors and analysts all — weighed in on the current investment climate … and whether that climate is getting overheated. And though valuations may be stretched, fundamentals are indeed sound. follow the money. The Big Picture . And Who’s Got It

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Creative CFP

AUGUST 31, 2022

We recently performed a valuation exercise for a client who intends to swap shares in a successful South African application software company for those of a similar company in the Netherlands. While these companies operate in the same industry, we found the comparative valuations to be vastly different.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 26, 2023

One of the big news stories of last week was Jack Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter, and the market’s response to that news was to push up Twitter’s stock price by almost 10%. The Mythology of the Great CEO Are there a set of qualities that make for a great CEO?

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JANUARY 20, 2019

Lime and Bird , the two electric scooter startups that raised hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in 2018, are aiming to raise more but at a lower valuation. That is under the $3 billion or higher valuations they were fetching in years past. But with the lower valuations, it appears that business is starting to fray.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Poshmark saw its valuation more than double following its Nasdaq debut, with shares closing at $101.50, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday (Jan. Poshmark’s valuation is now over $3 billion, up from $1.25 FinTech installment lender Affirm more than doubled its valuation when it went public earlier this week.

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Creative CFP

MARCH 5, 2021

The purpose of a Business Valuation While most can only dream of selling their business for that amount of money, it is important to know how one goes about valuing a business, no matter what the size. A valuation may be required for periodic reporting (i.e. How do we value a business?

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Creative CFP

MARCH 5, 2021

The purpose of a Business Valuation While most can only dream of selling their business for that amount of money, it is important to know how one goes about valuing a business, no matter what the size. A valuation may be required for periodic reporting (i.e.

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Future CFO

MARCH 22, 2021

Higher yields for long-dated sovereign bonds will result in near-term losses for Asia Pacific banks as they recognise valuation changes on their available-for-sale (AFS) bond portfolios, but the capital impact should be manageable for most rated banks, said Fitch Ratings recently.

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Future CFO

MAY 17, 2022

The Southeast Asia private equity market had one of the most impressive turnarounds in its history, with deal value reaching an all-time record high of $25 billion, which more than doubled the 2020 figures, said Bain recently. . Highlights from Bain & Company’s 2022 annual Southeast Asia Private Equity Report. Robust secular fundamentals.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

billion valuation, the publication said. Last month, it was revealed that Instacart raised $600 million, giving it a valuation of $7.6 The funding round was led by hedge fund D1 Capital Partners, and came only six months after the startup closed on a $350 million round of investing. Instacart has raised $1.87

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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Airbnb and DoorDash are expected to release higher-than-expected valuation ranges for their upcoming initial public offerings (IPOs), which shows strength for the market, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. exchanges, with soaring valuations catching the attention of numerous companies to join the public market.

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