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The Corporate Life Cycle: Corporate Finance, Valuation and Investing Implications!

Musings on Markets

My version of the corporate life cycle is built around six stages with the first stage being an idea business (a start-up) and the last one representing decline and demise. Even a cursory glance at the companies that surround you should tell you that there are wide variations across companies, on these dimensions.

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Invisible, yet Invaluable: Valuing Intangibles in the Birkenstock IPO!

Musings on Markets

A few days ago, I valued Instacart ahead of its initial public offering , and noted that the reception that the stock gets will be a good barometer of where risk capital stands in the market, right now. That would suggest that intangible assets are being valued and incorporated into balance sheets much more now than in the past.

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The Complete Business Valuation Formula Guide: 10 Essential Methods

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Data Update 5 for 2022: The Bottom Line!

Musings on Markets

In this post, I will look at corporate profitability, in all its different dimensions, and how companies across the globe, and across industries, measured up in the most recent years. To make comparisons, profits are scaled to common metrics, with revenues and book value of investment being the most common scalar.

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Business Sale: Prepare to Show Your Financials

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Recognize the Three Types of Business Buyers ”), financial buyers’ scrutiny of your financial information stems from the importance they place on EBITDA – earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization – as an indicator of market value. As we discuss in a related article (“ Selling Your Business?

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Valuation Using Multiples—What Is It and How Does It Work? Core Ideas Explained

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The ratio used might be EV/EBITDA, EV/Sales, P/E or another, depending on the valuation performed and the type of business being valued. The ratio is then used in a simple multiplication calculation, to determine the value of the company in question. Broadly, there are two different common ways to value using multiples. .

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Your Guide to Valuing a Company Using the Multiples Approach

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The ratio used might be EV/EBITDA, EV/Sales, P/E or another, depending on the valuation performed and the type of business being valued. The ratio is then used in a simple multiplication calculation, to determine the value of the company in question. Broadly, there are two different common ways to value using multiples. .