How2Exit

MARCH 10, 2025

Richmond shares his experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A), detailing his innovative strategies for structuring deals, including vendor financing, virtual rollups, and work-in-buyout (WIBO) models. He avoids businesses that are overly reliant on government contracts or struggling to maintain profitability.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 28, 2025

He raised his price target on the stock to $100 per share from $85. "We expect this to translate to scaling profitability growth and free cash flow generation," Navon said. Shares are up 16% in 2025. Hinge Health Shares of the digital physical therapy company have plenty more room to run, according to the bank.

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Software Equity Group

JULY 9, 2025

These messages often arrive with a proposed valuation range or a vague invitation to explore strategic alignment. In our conversations with hundreds of founders and CEOs, the vast majority who attempted to run their own process ultimately experienced a retrade, a reduction in valuation, or unfavorable shift in terms during diligence.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 8, 2025

"While we continue to see the JPMorgan maintaining best-in-class profitability and leadership positions across its businesses, we think the bar is high for JPMorgan and we struggle to justify the current valuation," analyst Saul Martinez wrote in a note. " Analysts are split on JPMorgan Chase shares.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 16, 2025

The firm reiterated an overweight rating on the fashion holding company stock, alongside a $104 per share price target. Shares have advanced nearly 21% in 2025. JPMorgan's forecast calls for about 32% upside from Friday's $78.91

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Lake Country Advisors

MAY 9, 2025

Owners in the manufacturing, construction, and technology industries often want to secure the highest possible valuation while maintaining a smooth, confidential process. This often necessitates more comprehensive preparation and advanced business valuation services to gauge the true worth of your company.

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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. For buyers, its the foundation for initial valuation modeling and due diligence planning. For guidance, see our article on Website Valuation and Discretionary Earnings.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 10, 2025

He's optimistic on the company's broadening customer base, product leadership and rapid new releases as well as its attractive valuation that he thinks can drive stock outperformance in the medium term. Chipmaker Broadcom should drive outsized market share in custom silicon for hyperscalers, Schneider said.

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Lake Country Advisors

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Buying into a business as a partner offers ownership and profit potential but also comes with risks. It grants you partial ownership, decision-making power, and a share of profits, but it also comes with substantial responsibilities. Evaluating a business thoroughly before making this decision is critical.

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Lake Country Advisors

JUNE 11, 2025

Stock Sale: Selling the Entire Company as a Package In a stock sale, the buyer purchases your ownership shares, taking over the business as a whole. What your company does, how it earns revenue, and the type of assets or obligations it holds will influence which deal format is more practical and more profitable.

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How2Exit

DECEMBER 2, 2024

His hands-on experience in acquiring and rolling up businesses into profitable entities reflects his commitment and expertise in driving shareholder value. Jamie shares his transformative journey from discovering his passion for business after watching "The Thomas Crown Affair" to co-founding Monopoly Capital.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 13, 2025

These short ideas identify companies that JPMorgan analysts believe will see a decline in share price, giving investors an opportunity to profit from those downturns. "Reduced EV subsidies threaten already marginal profitability (EBIT margin below GM & Ford). Tesla shares are down nearly 22% year to date.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 11, 2025

How to trade a downturn in the shares Published Wed, Jun 11 2025 11:01 AM EDT Tony Zhang @OptionsPlay WATCH LIVE Walmart (WMT) is facing headwinds with looming tariffs likely to erode profit margins amid an already overstretched valuation. Forward PE Ratio: 37.4x vs. Industry Average 18x Price to Sales Ratio: 1.2x

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 17, 2025

The investment firm maintained its buy rating on the e-commerce retailer, but lifted its price target to $60 per share from $55. Shares of Etsy have risen nearly 2% this year. This updated forecast is roughly 11% above Etsy's Monday closing price of $53.89.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 14, 2025

"Recent travel with management underscored execution is key; many details shared are consistent with prior messaging, though confidence/enthusiasm around changes adds conviction." inflect growth rates closer to pre-reset levels) are able to fully recapture valuation (at pre-reset level)."

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 8, 2025

Stifel's $115 per share price target calls for about 28% downside from Monday's $159.70 Mizuho's $150 per share target implies a slide of about 6%, while Citi's $160 forecast is roughly 0.1% As such, we view shares as fairly valued." above CoreWeave's Monday close.

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Focus Investment Banking

JANUARY 10, 2025

And in a lot of cases, these are very profitable services, but that specialization is going to lead to massive efficiencies throughout your organization. All of this combines to lead toward perhaps the biggest benefit of specialization or maybe the second biggest benefit behind proper and safe repairs and that is increased profitability.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 19, 2025

Competition : Rivals like On Running and Hoka (owned by Deckers) are gaining market share with innovative, trendier products, eroding Nike's dominance in the running category. Valuation : Fair value of $80–$85 (P/E 38–40x, EV/EBITDA 22x), supported by comps (Adidas, Lululemon). Buy NKE Oct. call Sell NKE July 18 $52.50

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 17, 2025

This company has opportunities to take market share because of tariffs." " The firm reiterated a buy rating on the apparel stock, alongside a $56 per share price target. Shares have pulled back about 4% in 2025 amid the trade talks uncertainty. "One exception is Gildan Activewear.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 16, 2025

Fundamentals Despite industry leading growth and profitability metrics, TSLA trades at an extreme valuation premium relative to its industry peers, significantly raising valuation risks. Analyst caution: Mixed analyst ratings, including a consensus hold rating and skepticism around valuation. Forward PE ratio: 166.4x

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 16, 2025

The screen does not include valuation since stocks that experience multiple contraction before corrections perform the worst during the corrections, he said. Shares have climbed even higher since that time, closing at $478.87 NextEra shares have an average rating of overweight and 11% upside to the average price target.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 27, 2025

This comes as shares surged more than 9% in the premarket Friday after Nike beat analysts' expectations on the top and bottom lines. While the company said President Donald Trump's tariffs are anticipated to cost it $1 billion prior to price hikes, it also said it expects to see profits and sales declines moderating in the future.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 30, 2025

However, the current pessimism surrounding the stock appears overdone, possibly presenting a compelling valuation even as many stocks, net of the S & P 500's rally this past week to new all-time highs, are beginning to look stretched. I sense that the "funeral dirge" for alcohol may be premature.

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CNBC: Investing

JULY 1, 2025

"At current levels — considering the growth trajectory of the business, near-term path to profitability, and below peer valuation — we see OMDA offering compelling risk/reward," Roman wrote in a Monday note to clients. Omada went public in early June, pricing its IPO at $19 per share. That suggests roughly 58.5%

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 11, 2025

per share on revenue of $15.59 Shares of the tech company have gained more than 7% this year. While they stood by their current ratings of Oracle stock, several boosted their price targets on shares heading into the print. The cloud company is expected to earn $1.64 billion, LSEG said.

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CNBC: Investing

JUNE 16, 2025

The firm upgraded the digital communications stock to buy from hold in a Sunday note, and increased its price target to $73 per share from $65, suggesting shares will rise 14% from Friday's $64.09 Shares have advanced about 11% so far in 2025. CSCO YTD mountain Cisco Systems stock in 2025.

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Francine Way

JULY 18, 2017

For this valuation post, I wanted to talk about a valuation method that is making its way out of academia and into the real world, a method that is gaining popularity in the world of portfolio management. We should have 1 Projected Share Price and 1 PV (Projected Share Price) at this point. mature, profitable companies).

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Francine Way

JULY 12, 2017

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.

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Francine Way

JUNE 22, 2020

To pick up where we last left off with valuation, I will cover the topic of a Merger Relative Valuation in this blog post and move on to other non-valuation topics from here. EBITDA: positive or negative, and in the case of the latter, the projected timeframe to profitability. Gross Margin: compare to expectation.

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How2Exit

OCTOBER 30, 2023

rn Summary: Jeffery Oboy, founder of Paratus Capital, shares his journey in the search fund space and discusses the type of business he is looking to acquire. He discusses the challenges of the search process and the importance of understanding valuation and deal structure. We're looking at it today." That's right."

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How2Exit

OCTOBER 14, 2024

E248: Setting Yourself Up for Success: Essential Steps, Tips, and Strategies for a Profitable Exit - Watch Here About the Guest(s): Kip Wallen is a seasoned M&A attorney with over a decade of experience in live mergers and acquisitions deals, primarily within the lower middle market, involving transactions up to $50 million.

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TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 8, 2023

After raising $100 million at a valuation of over $2 billion last year, the Australian ed-tech startup Go1 is making an acquisition and getting some investment to expand its reach and technology to serve the market of corporate online learning. Blinkist’s last valuation was $160 million in 2018 , when it raised $18.8

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Lake Country Advisors

AUGUST 8, 2024

Accurate and appropriate valuation is one of the pillars of maximizing the profits from a business sale. However, company valuation isn’t as simple as slapping a price on your business. It’s a delicate balancing act, as inaccurate valuations have polarizing consequences.

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Wall Street Mojo

JANUARY 17, 2024

What Is Revenue Sharing? Revenue sharing is a distribution model used by organizations. Article Link to be Hyperlinked For eg: Source: Revenue Sharing (wallstreetmojo.com) Primarily revenue distribution is a firm sharing its success with everyone—especially stakeholders. Table of contents What Is Revenue Sharing?

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Beyond M&A

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

It’s not just about the business’s direct profitability but the sustainability of that profit in an increasingly digital realm. I hope sharing these will give you an understanding of severity without veering into technical jargon. Below are some informal/internal notes of a previous cyber-security assessment.

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Global Banking & Finance

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Earnings Per Share, or EPS, is one of the most critical tools in answering this question. EPS represents a company’s profitability on a per-share basis, giving investors a snapshot of the company’s financial health and its […]

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How2Exit

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Revenue Growth: While demonstrated revenue growth and a solid pipeline will lend itself to higher valuations, the quality of that revenue growth is also important. The ability to grow quality revenue streams demonstrates ownership of customer, defensible position and meaningful wallet share.

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