Musings on Markets

JUNE 23, 2023

In the last four decades, computer chips have become part of almost everything we use, from appliances to automobiles, and the companies that manufacture these chips have seen their fortunes rise, and sometimes be put at risk, as technology shifts. Sustained Profitability, with Cycles! From High Growth to Maturity!

Valuation 91

Valuation Profit and Loss Investments Marketing 91

PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

billion valuation and shares trading at $14-16 a share. At its post-IPO valuation and share price, Etsy was roughly 52 times its adjusted earnings. A pretty impressive feat, considering at the time of its IPO Etsy wasn’t actually profitable yet. A little over a year ago, Etsy IPOed, mostly to a round of applause.

Profit and Loss 40

Profit and Loss Problem Solving Valuation Leadership 40

Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Value of Intangible Assets Accounting has historically done a poor job dealing with intangible assets, and as the economy has transitioned away from a manufacturing-dominated twentieth century to the technology and services focused economy of the twenty first century, that failure has become more apparent.

Valuation 104

Valuation Profit and Loss Accounting Investments 104

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We hope that we can invest behind and see stability so that there won’t be a loss of capital 00:28:00 [Speaker Changed] And, and above average GDP 00:28:02 [Speaker Changed] Growth. How, how are the higher rates affecting valuations amongst private companies? The auditors look at those valuations.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 69

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

Musings on Markets

JULY 22, 2021

The primary attraction of the company, to investors, comes not from its current standing (modest revenues and big losses), but from its positioning to take advantage of the potential growth in the Indian food delivery market.

Marketing 86

Marketing Valuation Profit and Loss Advertising 86

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

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. One size (does not) fit all!

Profit and Loss 70

Profit and Loss Accounting Numbers IFRS 70

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

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 24, 2023

The fact that you’ve got declining risk appetite, declines are prolonged, deep and valuations mean revert. The second, and what’s interesting about that period, is the fact that valuations actually peaked in 1961. MIAN: Valuations are ebb and flow. Manufacturing seems to be bottoming with ISM where it is right now.

Construction 52

Construction Marketing Valuation Investments 52

PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2016

Lately, though, they’re probably tossing and turning over the difficulties with raising capital coupled with the simultaneous descent of their venture’s valuations. And whether, if one and two come true, there’s a business model underneath all of it to profit from. ARE WE SOLVING THE RIGHT PROBLEMS FOR THE RIGHT PEOPLE?

Banking 46

Banking Profit and Loss Retail Manufacturing 46

Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 12, 2024

And so, so we sort of felt pretty stupid for a while because we did a lot of losing trades in 2006 that were the, you know, that obviously didn’t come to fruition until the actual people could see the losses. So in mortgages, the borrower can stop paying maybe a year to two years before the lenders actually book a loss.

Profit and Loss 56

Profit and Loss Investments Marketing Securities 56