Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2015

Both of these numbers come from your company’s balance sheet. So you want to strike a balance that’s appropriate for your industry. That’s partly why, says Knight, Apple started to get rid of cash and pay out dividends to shareholders and added debt to its balance sheet in the last month or so.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

Buffett explains that book value is the best proxy for "intrinsic value," the net present value of all estimated future cash flows. Gain accounting advantage : Buffett reports on the performance of his operating businesses by grouping them according to similar balance sheet and income statement characteristics.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

billion were within the balance sheet, rising 7% versus the average of 0.5% It has resulted in positive cash flows, occupancy of over 90%, and higher levels of customer and employee satisfaction in 2010. By comparison, it had a negative cash flow and and occupancy rate of only 60% in 2006.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2017

“The decision-makers will want to see a simple model that shows revenue, costs, overhead, and cash flow,” he says. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. “Take an interest in the balance sheet and then do the due diligence to understand it,” he says.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

They would see massive profits, tons of free cash flow, and healthy balance sheets. want people to focus on cash flow, which is a much longer-term measure than short-term profit.". Since they wouldn't know that the companies had set and missed growth targets, they'd declare them very successful.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2013

These divisions all generated consistent earnings and cash flows. Enron was rated BBB+ (or the equivalent) by all three rating agencies, which typically include all off balance sheet debt when determining a rating. Adding the SPEs to Enron''s balance sheet would cause Enron to lose its investment-grade rating.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

There are people who disagree with that adage, of course, some saying that cash and cash flow are more important (and too often ignored). ” Another reason you might see a very high ROA is if a company is messing with its balance sheet, explains Knight. Profit is king, as the saying goes. Take Enron.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

In fact, 2018 may mark the first year shale producers will be able to fund future expansions of drilling programs through their own cash flow. Most major producers with large balance sheets will likely hedge their bets and attempt both. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2017

The global financial crisis prompted many companies to pull in their horns, hoard cash, trim costs, and take a wary view of large investments. Bain & Company’s Macro Trends Group carefully analyzed the global balance sheet and found that the world is awash in money. times global GDP) to more than $600 trillion (9.5

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 10, 2015

The basic point was that online advertising was too small, and that transaction sizes were too insignificant to be anything other than a step down for companies used to rich cash flows. Develop an honest capabilities balance sheet, highlighting both strengths and weaknesses, and compare it to your blueprinted business models.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2015

Shareholders should look beyond short-term effects and examine the impact on other factors , such as overall security plans, profitability, cash flow, cost of capital, legal fees associated with the breach, and potential changes in management.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2018

While companies are required to share the same materials with all investors, they can emphasize the elements that will be most relevant to particular investor segments—highlighting stable cash flow for pension funds or payouts for growth-oriented investors, for example.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 10, 2013

Taxes on revenues (not to be confused with VAT ), taxes on assets, taxes that are paid in advance of profits or receipts, tax refunds that take months to be repaid — these are a huge burden to a rapidly scaling company in which cash flow management is a matter of survival.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2014

In many companies, these types of data assets are currently assigned rough valuations and classified as “intangible” or “goodwill” on the balance sheet. Combining these creates a P&L and a projection, which through a discounted cash flow analysis yields an NPV, which can be used to assess valuation.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

CMOs must demonstrate and track marketing’s impact by focusing on key performance indicators (KPIs) that are important for shareholder value such as strong cash flow, cost of capital, return on capital, and operating margin. Shareholders don’t care about fans or followers unless those numbers can be tied to profit.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2015

This typically means they look to re-engineer the balance sheet to increase shareholder yield, over the shortest amount of time possible, which typically ranges between six to twelve months. However, free cash flow per share remained impressive at both companies, and fixed cost ratios remained somewhat intact.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

They are key both to cash flow which finances dividends, and to "net income" that drives stock price which, in turn, benefits shareholders (heavily American) — especially older individuals who are either direct investors or who rely on pension funds. Worker Transition at Home.

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Chief Executive

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Despite stiff economic headwinds, robust M&A opportunities are there for the taking, with many companies enjoying steady cash flows and strong balance sheets. “In In today’s high-inflation environment, strategic acquirers with lots of cash on the balance sheet need to do something with it,” says Christopher R.

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Chris LoCutro

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

I also explain how to avoid common pitfalls, such as mismanaging surplus funds or underestimating seasonal cash flow needs. We also dive into how we prepay significant expenses like our Next-Level Leadership LIVE Event to free up cash flow for the new year while reducing tax liabilities. What's our liquidity?

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