CFO Dive

APRIL 17, 2025

Until last year, revenue recognition had been the most common GAAP violation alleged since Cornerstone first began tracking the class action suits in 2019.

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CFO Dive

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

If 2022 is the year investors start applying more scrutiny to the companies they fund, the value of your intangible assets can be the difference in getting, or not getting, the price you want.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

I wrote about my most recent valuation of Tesla just over a week ago , and as has always been the case when I value this company, I have heard from both sides of the Tesla divide. Based at least on the reactions, I have realized that some may be misreading my story and valuation, ore reacting just to a picture in a tweet.

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CFA Institute

JANUARY 17, 2025

This post explores the intricacies of the equity risk premium, scrutinizes traditional valuation models, and introduces an updated framework to guide strategic decision-making in today’s volatile environment.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 31, 2025

Nvidia market share: In my valuation, I assumed that Nvidia's lead in the AI chip business would give the company a head start, as the business grew, and to the extent that demand is sticky (i.e., The AI Story, after DeepSeek I teach valuation, and have done so for close to forty years.

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CFO Dive

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

With the recent decision by US regulators to abandon plans to scrap mandatory goodwill impairment valuations, goodwill assessments are here to stay.

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CFO Dive

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Some investors seek broader company disclosures with the aim of promoting social change rather than clarifying stock valuations, SEC Commissioner Mark Uyeda said.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 15, 2023

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

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 19, 2024

In fact, the business life cycle has become an integral part of the corporate finance, valuation and investing classes that I teach, and in many of the posts that I have written on this blog. In 2022, I decided that I had hit critical mass, in terms of corporate life cycle content, and that the material could be organized as a book.

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CFO News

JUNE 8, 2025

Mizuho Financial Group is set to acquire KKR-backed Avendus Capital for $700 million, marking Mizuho's largest investment in India. The deal involves KKR's exit and will give Mizuho up to 70% ownership.

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CFO News

MAY 27, 2025

Anticipation of an upcoming IPO has propelled the National Stock Exchange of India's valuation to $58 billion in private markets, fueled by aggressive buying from wealthy investors. This surge coincides with efforts to resolve a longstanding legal dispute hindering listing plans.

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CFO Dive

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The FASB’s tentative decision Wednesday is an important step toward providing an answer to the crypto valuation question companies and other stakeholders have been clamoring for.

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Valuation 293

CFO Dive

MAY 12, 2022

The board is getting serious about improving accounting standards for digital assets even as a crypto market slump is hammering valuations.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 10, 2025

I know that this classification is at odds with the industry classifications based upon SIC or NAICS codes, but it works well enough for me, at least in the context of corporate finance and valuation. Since I teach corporate finance and valuation, I find it useful to break down the data that I report based upon these groupings.

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CFO Dive

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The suit comes as CFOs are likely to face more disputes around appraisals as the slowing economy impacts real estate valuations.

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Valuation 261

CFO News

JUNE 12, 2025

Delivering the keynote address at ETCFO NextGen Summit 2025, Ananth Narayan said there are some perceived challenges around valuations including a perceived conflict of interest, “valuation shopping”, and wide divergence in valuations due to differing assumptions.

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CFA Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Rob Price, CFA, is the founder and CIO at Sound Money Capital in Los Angeles, a digital asset manager for HNWs and family offices. Prior to Sound Money, he was the head of asset allocation for South Africa’s largest pension fund -- Alexander Forbes, Mercer's African partner -- between 2016 and 2021.

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CFO News

MARCH 17, 2025

Additionally, he emphasizes valuation concerns in capex stocks despite government initiatives. He notes the benefits for discretionary spending and consumption stocks due to income tax savings and potential growth in government salaries.

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CFO Dive

JANUARY 19, 2023

The sector has been hit by declining sales for PCs and software, plummeting valuations and high inflation. nCino and Microsoft are the latest tech firms to announce layoffs.

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CFO Dive

MARCH 29, 2023

The Chinese ecommerce giant will be splitting into six separate groups in a move that follows declining tech valuations and a regulatory crackdown on the country’s tech sector.

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CFO News

JUNE 10, 2025

The drop in valuation was in line with the company's plans to list in India over the next two years, people in the know said. The fintech major was valued at $6.4 billion in 2022 during its last major fund infusion.

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CFO Dive

APRIL 12, 2022

Making money based on the customer's savings or revenue generated from the product or service is gaining steam but valuation and accounting challenges are still being sorted out.

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CFO News

MAY 28, 2025

on the BSE, with the company's market valuation declining by Rs 17,269.48 ITC shares plunged over 3% after British American Tobacco (BAT) divested a 2.5% stake in the company for Rs 12,927 crore. The stock settled at Rs 420.10 Following the transaction, BAT remains a significant shareholder with less than 23% stake in ITC.

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CFO News

MAY 26, 2023

The finance veterans highlighted that the funding winter for Indian startups will last at least for six to nine months more, and the investment crisis has normalised the valuation of startups.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 17, 2025

I will follow up by trying to judge where markets stand at the start of 2025, starting with PE ratios, moving on to earnings yields and ending with a valuation of the index. My advice is that you download the valuation spreadsheet , change the inputs to reflect your views of the world, and value the index yourself.

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Navigator SAP

MARCH 25, 2022

A unicorn startup, a company with a valuation over $1 billion, is a rare beast. According to a September 2021 report by CB Insights, there are only around 800 in the wild. Any startup needs a killer idea; but to truly achieve unicorn status, a company needs the ability to scale up quickly.

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Nerd's Eye View

MARCH 6, 2024

The Shilller Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-Earnings (CAPE 10) Ratio is one example that takes into account current market valuations versus company earnings, generally predicting that the higher the valuation at the beginning of a period the lower the expected return for that period.

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Navigator SAP

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Others move fast and chase the unicorn status of a $1 billion valuation like sustainable shoe manufacturer, Rothy’s. Some startups grow over time. For slow-growth businesses, there are many options for backend IT systems. But for fast-growing companies that are growth-focused, there really is only one path: cloud-based ERP.

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Nerd's Eye View

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Enjoy the current installment of "Weekend Reading For Financial Planners" - this week's edition kicks off with the news that according to a recent study by DeVoe & Company, only 42% of RIAs surveyed have written succession plans and either have begun to implement them or have already done so.

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CFO Dive

AUGUST 8, 2022

The slump in global technology stocks, rising inflation and a weaker yen led Japanese bank SoftBank to report a record $23 billion loss.

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

I spend most of my time in the far less rarefied air of corporate finance and valuation, where businesses try to decide what projects to invest in, and investors attempt to estimate business value.

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CFA Institute

APRIL 3, 2025

Cathy Scott is a director of Research Product and Services and the editor of Enterprising Investor at CFA Institute.

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CFO Dive

MARCH 9, 2022

Setting a price is formula-based, but there are levers finance leaders can pull to manage the variance between preferred and common stock, Chad Wilbur of Carta says.

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Ultimately the key issue is valuation. The price, or valuation, paid for an asset is the definitive arbiter of investment return and the buyers clearly feel they were able to pay prices that gave them downside protection, and yet leave them with upside potential.

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Nerd's Eye View

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

David is the President of Succession Resource Group, an advisory consulting and valuation business based in Portland, Oregon that serves independent financial advisors with RIAs and broker-dealers. Welcome to the 424th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast ! My guest on today's podcast is David Grau, Jr.

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Nerd's Eye View

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The expectations for the future economic outlook also appear in the valuations of equities, which tend to reflect how markets anticipate that corporate earnings will grow in the future.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

For instance, evolving carbon tax frameworks in the EU, Canada, and the UK add tangible costs to emissions, directly impacting company valuations and investment stability.

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