Lake Country Advisors

JUNE 24, 2025

In this guide, we’ll explain the key metrics buyers care about, why each matters, and how you can get your numbers in shape before a sale. Why Financial Metrics Matter in a Business Sale Most deals fall apart not because the business lacks potential, but because the numbers don’t hold up under scrutiny.

Business

CNBC: Investing

AUGUST 2, 2025

The analyst said he also likes Delta's "steady message of free cash and debt reduction." "Loyalty, platform innovation and sharp value should support comps in 2H and beyond," she wrote, referring to same-store sales. Steady message of free cash and debt reduction. . … compared to a -5.5%

Stock

The TRADE

JULY 7, 2025

Citadel Securities Citadel Securities has named Scott Rubner the firm’s new head of equity and equity derivatives strategy.   Before his time at Goldman Sachs, Rubner worked at Merrill Lynch for more than ten years, most recently serving as a director.

Asset Management

iMerge Advisors

APRIL 13, 2025

For software and technology founders considering a sale, the CIM is a strategic asset that can shape buyer perception, drive valuation, and accelerate deal momentum. full sale, recapitalization, growth equity) This section should be concise but compelling it sets the tone for the rest of the document.

Valuation

Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 22, 2025

The difference is that IB is more of an explicit sales job , as deals must close for the bank to earn fees. Equity research at the senior levels does require sales skills, but its more about being a conduit than a closer. Investment Banking: Which Ones Right for You?

Investment Banking

Chesapeake Corporate Advisors

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

The sale proceeds that the seller contributes to the transaction, which is commonly referred to as rollover equity , provides an opportunity at a “second bite of the apple” when the PEG later sells the company in a 3–5-year time horizon. US PEGs still have approximately $1.1

Private Equity

Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Sports Investment Banking Definition: In sports IB, bankers advise on equity and debt issuances, mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring deals for sports teams and leagues, sports-adjacent technology and services firms, and facilities such as arenas, stadiums, and racetracks. Can teams carry debt? What is Sports Investment Banking?

Investment Banking

The TRADE

APRIL 25, 2025

The move will see him reporting to head of markets sales for Japan, Asia North and Australia and Asia South, Cecile Gambardella, who said: He [Chang] will work closely with our productpartners and across banking, wealth and international to bridge the best of Citis capabilities and deliver value to both our clients and Citi.

Equities

Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 9, 2025

At early-stage companies , the role often involves investor relations and debt/equity fundraising as well, since there may not be separate teams for these. Can you research a go-to-market strategy, run the numbers on the sales, marketing, and development work required, and calculate the payback period and IRR under different scenarios?”

Corporate Finance

The TRADE

JULY 4, 2025

Read more – Rising Stars of Trading and Execution 2025 nominations now open He joins the buy-side firm following a 16-year tenure at Aberdeen Standard Investments, most recently as a fixed income dealer covering emerging markets debt.

Investment Manager

Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 10, 2025

They’re doing $3,000,000 in sales at a 10% EBITDA profitability margin. By the time of this recording for 2023, sales for Gerber were $2.9 That valuation depending on how you look at it, boils down to 193% of sales or about 15 times EBITDA. This is total BS. But again, 1 + 1 = 3 or more. And I want to give an example.

Private Equity

Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 8, 2025

While many sales involve a full cash payment at closing, others employ an approach known as seller financing. This setup can make a sale possible when a buyer can’t secure enough bank financing upfront. That means you earn more than just the sale price over the term of the agreement.

Finance

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 4, 2025

But what I’ve noticed too is the smaller companies, you’re just not going to get the sale price that makes anybody want to jump and do anything if they’re not making any money. You know one of the things to, you know, debt is used to essentially supercharge a business particularly in low interest rate environments.

Acquisitions

CNBC: Investing

JUNE 9, 2025

billion debt, coupled with high capital expenditures for international galleries, strains cash flow in a rising-rate environment. Net debt has roughly doubled over the past five years, and the $30.4 The enterprise value-to-sales ratio is just over 2x, 12% higher than the 5-year lows also seen in mid-2022. RH's $3.9

Retail

The New York Times: Banking

JUNE 10, 2025

Learn more Stacy Cowley is a business reporter who writes about a broad array of topics related to consumer finance, including student debt, the banking industry and small business. If you spot an error, please let us know at nytnews@nytimes.com. See more on: U.S. Politics , Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (C.F.P.B.) , Russell T.

Banking

Software Equity Group

JUNE 25, 2025

This includes historical income statements, an employee census, customer contracts, third-party contractors, sales booking data, detailed revenue tracing, and at-risk customers. Pricing books, average selling price, and historical sales productivity are all included in this area.

M&A

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JULY 30, 2025

This includes money transfers, credit/debit processing, ATMs, point-of-sale services, branded payments, currency exchange and more. About Euronet A global leader in payments processing and cross-border transactions, Euronet moves money in all the ways consumers and businesses depend upon.

Mergers

Focus Investment Banking

AUGUST 3, 2025

Despite projected sales reaching $1.5 High debt costs are also limiting consumer discretionary spending, particularly at higher-end establishments. Mobile ordering now accounts for 60% of digital restaurant sales, and 1 in 3 diners use Google to discover new places to eat. 1 57% prefer ordering food to eating at a restaurant.

Food

Focus Investment Banking

JULY 25, 2025

And then we’re sitting there and sales are good, profits good. And if you haven’t modelled that and you don’t have the cash reserves or a plan, you know, whether it’s even using, you can use debt financing to do that if you get a line of credit and that’s OK.

M&A

Francine Way

MAY 14, 2017

To be explicitly clear, I am recommending the use of the following ranked capital sources when paying for an acquisition: cash (from the balance sheet), debt (at a reasonable level), and equity. Similarly, not all corporate debt instruments are created equal and each comes with pros and cons.

Debt

Francine Way

MAY 17, 2017

Thus far, we have discussed many aspects around capital structure and debt financing, including how debt levels are determined by a company’s cash flows, enterprise value, and asset values. This post is the last one of our debt discussion. ABL can exists alongside other types of debt (revolver, term loan, etc.)

Debt

CNBC: Investing

MARCH 27, 2025

billion through the sale of convertible senior notes to purchase bitcoin. The latest sell-off came after the video game chain announced plans to raise $1.3

Debt

JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 30, 2023

Private company acquisitions are frequently priced on a “cash-free, debt-free” basis. A recent pair of decisions by the California Office of Tax Appeals examined the tax treatment of special dividends paid in connection with the acquisition of a corporate target. By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Sale

Business Standard - FInance

JUNE 22, 2023

Lenders of Vidarbha Industries Power Ltd (VIPL), a subsidiary of Reliance Power, have appointed SBI Caps as an advisor for its debt resolution process, sources said. As per the terms of reference, SBI Caps will invite bids for the sale or one time settlement (OTS) of VIPL debt.

Debt

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Online fashion retailer’s sale of 75% stake to Jack & Jones owner could bring store back to the high street Business live – latest updates Asos has sold a majority stake in Topshop for £135m in a deal that will help it repay debts and could see the brand return to the high street, as fashion retailers struggle after a soggy summer.

Debt

Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” These are nice sales pitches, but the reality is quite different. Distressed investing offers equity-like returns with lower risk.”

Debt

Global Banking & Finance

AUGUST 10, 2023

Intermedia’s owner explores sale of communications services firm -sources By Milana Vinn (Reuters) – The private equity owner of Intermedia Cloud Communications is exploring options including a sale that could value the communications services provider at more than $1 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. (..)

Sale

The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The sale, to a group that includes the shows host, Sean Evans, and Soros Fund Management, will allow BuzzFeed to pay down tens of millions of dollars in debt.

Debt

OfficeHours

JULY 4, 2023

The post 07-04-2023 Newsletter: July 4th PE Platform Sale! Getting someone to listen Read More Blogs Visit OfficeHours Blog and follow us on our social media accounts: Instagram , YouTube , TikTok , and Twitter for our latest updates. appeared first on OfficeHours.

Sale

Global Banking & Finance

DECEMBER 3, 2024

billion more debt than regulators allowed. NEW YORK (Reuters) – Barclays agreed to pay $19.5 million to settle a lawsuit in Manhattan by shareholders who accused the British bank of securities fraud after it sold $17.7

Debt

Global Banking & Finance

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Analysis-Emerging market debt sales hit January record despite elusive flows By Karin Strohecker and Jorgelina do Rosario LONDON (Reuters) -Sovereign debt sales from developing nations scaled an all-time record for January at $47 billion led by major and less risky emerging markets but a lack of investor flows into dedicated funds could curtail a nascent (..)

Debt

The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Deutsche Bahn offloads company to I Squared in deal worth £1.4bn, three years after putting it up for sale Germany’s terrible trains are no joke for a nation built on efficiency The London red bus operator Arriva has been snapped up by US infrastructure investor I Squared in a deal believed to be worth about €1.6bn (£1.4bn).

Private Equity

Francine Way

JULY 17, 2017

Building a historical 3-statement model and a debt-interest schedule. Building the go-forward debt-interest schedule. Implied Equity Purchase Price = Transaction Value - Debt + Cash. For this table, recall that LBO transactions are heavily financed with debt (it can go up to 90% of the capital structure for some deals).

Valuation

Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

JULY 29, 2024

Sales proceeds from each of these transactions will go toward reducing debt.

Debt

The New York Times: Banking

AUGUST 20, 2023

Beijing wanted to cool its housing market, but created a bigger problem, as the fallout from debt-laden developers and sinking sales spreads to the broader economy.

IT

Wizenius

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

Leverage Buyouts (LBO) are a strategic financial maneuver where a financial sponsor, typically a private equity firm, acquires a target company by utilizing a substantial amount of debt alongside a smaller portion of equity. In an LBO scenario, both debt and equity investors commit capital to the target company.

Debt

Midaxo

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Operational debt is as serious as tech debt. Additional Q&A with Mart Lumeste: Q: How Do You Uncover and Evaluate the Extent of Technical Debt? Organizations usually incur technical debt when the cost of adding additional features increases (e.g., Reducing the debt requires a plan and management buy-in.

Debt