CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

” look at the Monte Carlo simulations, look at what is the hurdle rate. So, now, help us understand how this evolved and where the challenges had come as this was evolving that got you to the point that you had to do some restructuring to make it this. Did things change significantly since we updated the plan?,”

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Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In this post, I will focus on how companies around the world, and in different sectors, performed on their end game of delivering profits, by first focusing on profitability differences across businesses, then converting profitability into returns, and comparing these returns to the hurdle rates that I talked about in my last data update post.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 18, 2023

To the extent that accountants mis-categorize expenses like leases and R&D, returns can be skewed, as can restructuring and one-time charges. That point is amplified by the accounting returns computations, since it looks like the actual returns earned by firms on their investments don’t meet their own expectations. .

Marketing 130

Marketing Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting 130

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

To the extent that accountants mis-categorize expenses like leases and R&D, returns can be skewed, as can restructuring and one-time charges. I will use this data to draw three broad conclusions: Low Hurdle Rate ?

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Hurdle Rate Investments Accounting Entertainment 98

Musings on Markets

AUGUST 19, 2024

With more mature companies, as investment opportunities become scarcer, at least relative to available capital, the focus not surprisingly shifts to financing mix, with a lower hurdle rate being the pay off.

Corporate Finance 119

Corporate Finance Valuation Investments Finance 119

Musings on Markets

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Furthermore, do they optimize they debt ratios to deliver the lowest hurdle rates. There are many firms that default on contractual obligations, but find ways to evade declaring bankruptcy, and among firms that declare bankruptcy, a significant subset restructure and stay in operations. Do companies optimize financing mix?

Corporate Finance 52

Corporate Finance Finance Marketing Banking 52