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EV/EBITDA Explained: A Key Valuation Multiple for Investors

Valutico

EV typically includes Market Capitalization, Debt, Minority Interest, and Preferred Equity, minus Cash & Cash Equivalents. A primary advantage is providing a “debt-neutral” valuation, making comparisons easier between companies with different capital structures. How to Calculate EBITDA? What is Adjusted EBITDA?

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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

Brian DeChesare

But I want to be fair, so I will present their positives and negatives here. Corporate Finance Jobs Definition: In corporate finance, you manage a company’s financial statements, cash, and capital structure, and you forecast and plan its future financial performance, usually on a divisional or regional level for large companies.

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How to Get a BSPCE Valuation for Your Startup’s Employee Share Plan

Equidam

Here are the common approaches and considerations: Discounted Cash Flow (DCF): The DCF method projects the company’s future cash flows and discounts them back to present value. Option Pricing Method (for share classes): If your capital structure includes multiple classes of shares (e.g.,

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Infrastructure Investment Banking: Definitions, Deals, and a Dizzying Diversity of Verticals

Brian DeChesare

Since they are deemed essential services, governments regulate them strictly by setting an allowed or authorized Return on Equity and capital structure. This vertical includes utility companies for electricity, gas, and water, as well as diversified multi-utilities and sometimes even healthcare facility owners.

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Investment Banking vs Business Brokerage: Why the Difference Matters

Scott Mashuda

With continued interest rate cuts and significant private equity capital seeking deals in 2025, current market dynamics present compelling sell-side opportunities for well-prepared sellers to achieve premium valuations. I Know How To Run My Company, I Can Sell It Myself.

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The Quality of Earnings Information in Dual-Class Firms

Harvard Corporate Governance

When Google went public with a dual-class capital structure in which shares owned by the founders confer greater voting rights than shares issued to public investors, its cofounders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, sent shareholders a letter promising to provide them with high-quality information about the company.

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Dual Class Share Structures: Is the Sun Setting Too Slowly?

Harvard Corporate Governance

To look at trends in unequal voting structures, we examined two data points from ISS Corporate Solutions Data Analytics: 1) whether a company has an unequal voting rights capital structure, and 2), if they do, whether there is any sunset clause attached to it. KEY FINDINGS.