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The Unseen Hand: Tariffs and Their Profound Consequences on Mergers & Acquisitions

MergersCorp M&A International

For businesses contemplating strategic transactions, tariffs introduce a complex web of financial, operational, and legal considerations that can fundamentally alter deal viability, valuation, and post-merger integration. Understanding these consequences is paramount for navigating the contemporary M&A environment.

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Selling a Middle-Market Business

Lake Country Advisors

Owners in the manufacturing, construction, and technology industries often want to secure the highest possible valuation while maintaining a smooth, confidential process. This guide covers every stage, from defining what qualifies as a middle-market enterprise to finalizing post-sale considerations.

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Equity Research vs. Investment Banking: Careers, Compensation, Exits, and AI/Automation Risk

Mergers and Inquisitions

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. Equity research at the senior levels does require sales skills, but its more about being a conduit than a closer.

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Sports Investment Banking: How to Win the Super Bowl and the World Cup in the Same Year

Mergers and Inquisitions

We’ll do a full breakdown of the sector here, but as usual, we need to start with the definitions, trends, and drivers: Table Of Contents What is Sports Investment Banking? This sector is the most different in terms of valuation and technical analysis because of nuances around licensing, player salaries, and different revenue streams.

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Investors are buying defense stocks as Middle East conflict worsens

CNBC: Investing

Worldwide Exchange pick: RTX Kevin Simpson of Capital Wealth Planning said defense stock RTX is a solid buy because of the conflict between Israel and Iran as well as its current valuation. "This is a 17 [price-to-earnings] multiple, so good value with a growth component. [It] " The fund reached record levels on Monday.

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Single Store Generalist Shops | Why the Era is Coming to an End with Cole Strandberg

Focus Investment Banking

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. It’s a big company.

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M&A Blog #16 – valuation (Discounted Cash Flow)

Francine Way

As I mentioned in my last post, Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) is a valuation method that uses free cash flow projections, a discount rate, and a growth rate to find the present value estimate of a potential investment. Calculate the Equity Value and the per-share Equity Value - this number would serve as the base case share price valuation.