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Best Practices for Due Diligence and Valuation in M&A

Sun Acquisitions

Due diligence and valuation are critical to any successful merger and acquisition (M&A) deal. Assess the company’s financial performance, including revenue, profitability, and cash flow. Valuation: Determining the Fair Valu e Valuation is the process of determining a company’s fair market value.

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Bank of America downgrades hot IPO and Nvidia derivative CoreWeave, citing valuation

CNBC: Investing

" Shares of the AI cloud-computing firm have surged more than 37% so far in June and were about 4% higher on Monday.

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Carried Interest Appraisals: A Guide to Valuation Methods & Allocations

PCE

Carried interest (or carry) is a way of rewarding professional investment managers with a share of an investments anticipated profits. However your fund is structured, the importance of proper valuation and allocation cannot be overstated, as an improperly done appraisal can cause you millions in unanticipated tax liabilities.

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JPMorgan sees Tesla dropping another 30%, says falling profits don't support high valuation

CNBC: Investing

Analyst Ryan Brinkman cut JPMorgan's stock price target for Tesla to $130, which would imply about 30% downside from Thursday's close of $182.63.

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M&A Blog #24 - Merger Relative Valuation

Francine Way

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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The New Sell-Side Playbook: Going on Offense

JD Supra: Mergers

With interest rates no longer at historic lows, private equity firms are finding it difficult to cheaply leverage their investments, causing valuations to fall. This has left profitable, healthy businesses that would ordinarily be obvious private equity targets in a “wait and see” position as they pause for a rebound in valuations.

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Beware AI stocks trading at rich valuations. How to profit from a pullback using options

CNBC: Investing

Tony Zhang sees further downside in many of the AI-focused stocks and explains how to trade it using options.

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