Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In this post, I will focus on corporate debt in 2023, keeping in mind that it was a year where the tradeoffs changed, as interest rates rose to pre-2008 levels, and putting at risk those firms that had borrowed to capacity, or even beyond, at low interest rates.

Equity 52

Equity EBITDA Start-ups Net Debt 52

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Finally, I look at the aggregated values across all companies on all three income measures, across all global companies, again broken down by sector: Collectively, global companies reported $16.9 billion in gross profit in the last twelve months leading into 2023, but operating income drops off to $6.4

Start-ups 52

Start-ups Equity Risk Premium Risk-free Rate 52

Valutico

DECEMBER 15, 2022

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. .

Precedent Transaction Analysis 52

Precedent Transaction Analysis EBITDA Comparable Company Analysis Enterprise Value 52

Valutico

DECEMBER 15, 2022

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. .

Precedent Transaction Analysis 52

Precedent Transaction Analysis EBITDA Comparable Company Analysis Enterprise Value 52

Benzinga

JULY 10, 2023

HOUSTON, Texas, July 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire -- SMG Industries Inc. Based on audited pro forma 2022 combined revenues of $153 million and pro forma 2022 estimated adjusted EBITDA of $18.2 million (including $2.5

EBITDA 40

EBITDA Book Value Capital Structure Marketability 40

Musings on Markets

JANUARY 6, 2023

By the same token, it is impossible to use a pricing metric (PE or EV to EBITDA), without a sense of the cross sectional distribution of that metric at the time. For example, I have seen it asserted that a stock that trades at less than book value is cheap or that a stock that trades at more than twenty times EBITDA is expensive.

Risk Premium 52

Risk Premium Dividends EBITDA Start-ups 52

Musings on Markets

MARCH 8, 2023

This is the last of my data update posts for 2023, and in this one, I will focus on dividends and buybacks, perhaps the most most misunderstood and misplayed element of corporate finance. Data Update 2 for 2023: A Rocky year for Equities! Data Update 7 for 2023: Dividends, Buybacks and Cash Flows

Dividends 91

Dividends Start-ups Finance Corporate Finance 91