CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Starbucks — The Seattle-based coffee company jumped nearly 9% after reporting quarterly profit and revenue that topped expectations. Net sales rose 3.35 billion and Global same-store sales rose 7%. However, its quarterly loss was still larger than anticipated.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

after the company reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss as well as revenue that topped analyst forecasts. UBS highlighted Tal’s strong topline beat and improved profitability outlook. after Royal Caribbean reported third-quarter earnings that beat profit and sales forecasts. billion, Refinitiv data shows.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Nio (NIO) – The China-based electric car maker posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss, but said it expected deliveries to nearly double in the current quarter from a year ago. in the premarket after it reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss. WeWork also plans to exit about 40 underperforming locations this month.

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The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Did you know that 35% of organizations identify data quality and timeliness as significant barriers to effective financial planning and analysis (FP&A)? According to Gartner, 53% of organizations do not fully achieve their strategic objectives, often due to poor planning. Use past data to predict future performance.

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CFO Thought Leader

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The company operated two businesses: one generating about $30 million in EBITDA, while the other incurred annual losses of roughly $10 million. Gronen proposed a strategy to merge the two operations, consolidating efforts to increase profitability. Our AI tools help identify suspicious activities, reducing the risk of financial loss.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Without good financial planning, even a profitable company can run into trouble. A sudden drop in sales. Getting insurance to cover unexpected losses. By planning, companies can avoid big financial problems and stay strong even when unexpected challenges arise. Should it buy new equipment?

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 26, 2022

in the premarket after its quarterly profit and revenue fell well short of estimates. CarMax earned 24 cents per share, compared with a consensus estimate of 70 cents, and its comparable used-vehicle sales were down 22.4% in premarket trading after reporting better-than-expected profit and revenue for its latest quarter.

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CFO Talks

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

However, a poorly executed deal can cause financial losses, employee dissatisfaction, and even the downfall of a company. Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Analysis DCF estimates the future profits of a business and calculates their present value. Poor integration can lead to employee turnover, customer loss, and operational disruptions.

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Centage

AUGUST 29, 2022

Along with being agile and able to pivot on a dime, these businesses have the ability to make decisions and act on them with confidence, and that means mastering the art of scenario planning. The end result is improved forecasting when it comes to revenue, profitability, and cash flow.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 24, 2022

A new merchandising leader undertook a review of brand profitability and saw that the company was actually losing money on its La Perla sales. The company debated whether it was worth carrying a brand that consistently created losses. What do these two examples have in common? What is a Customer-Base Audit?

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 28, 2023

Paco Freire/Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Intel — The chipmaker suffered a 9% loss in its shares in early morning trading after its latest financial results missed analysts’ estimates and showed significant declines in the company’s sales, profit and gross margin.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Disney — Shares of the media giant slid more than 11% after the company’s quarterly results missed Wall Street expectations on revenue and profit, as both its parks and media divisions underperformed estimates. after the company reported another quarterly loss as operational costs increased. AMC Entertainment — Shares dropped 9.8%

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CFO Share

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

This optimism, while crucial for taking risks and seizing opportunities, often clouds judgment, leading to expectations of big sales that remain forever on the horizon. In pursuit of the big sale, fundamental financial strategies go out the window, expenses and staffing levels remain unsustainably high, and cash dwindles.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

However, Uber’s revenue increased only 2 percent between Q3 and Q4, reaching $3 billion, a 24 percent increase over the previous year — leading some investors to question the ridesharing firm’s future prospects for profitability. Losses came in at $1.8 billion in losses reported at the same time in 2017.

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 29, 2024

These models rely on foundational assumptions that vary depending on their purpose, whether assessing sales growth, evaluating investment opportunities, or exploring "what-if" scenarios. If the income statement shows a profit, it boosts the equity on the balance sheet. A loss decreases equity.

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Fpanda Club

JULY 24, 2022

They tend to avoid losses and prefer to keep the things as they are rather than invest in risky innovation. However, firm’s competitors continue to make their investments, including innovation, which will probably put pressure on prices, sales volumes and market shares.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Uber plans to cut spending and hiring in an attempt slow the company’s plummeting stock price, which is down nearly 50 percent for the year. . Johnson & Johnson is looking to boost growth at its medical devices unit after it completes plans for a spinoff of its consumer health business next year. Scott Olson | Getty Images.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 3, 2023

plans to open more automated fulfillment centers in 2023 to control costs and raise efficiency, which could help the company repurpose certain capital spending, its finance chief said. . Marte said, adding that Chewy is working to grow profits and taking out costs. In December, the company reported net sales of $2.53

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CFO Simplified

AUGUST 7, 2023

Too often business owners are forced to make exit decisions without any advance planning based on factors that are largely out of their control including health, divorce, and owner disputes. According to the Estate Planning Institute, 80% of U.S. Who should be on my team of advisors to navigate a potential sale? What Will I Do?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Cyber Monday, a one-time marketing stunt that has grown monstrous (good monster — not the evil type,) will set yet another retail record this year, Adobe predicted, with sales on Nov. However, the projections go further than the sales figures and help anticipate new trends for the 2018 holiday shopping season. percent, reaching $124.1

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The real estate company has also been gradually selling off shares in its side ventures as it tries to maximize its profits. 22) that the company was honing in on its 90-day game plan to divest all of the businesses not directly central to the company’s core, which would hopefully turn WeWork’s troubles around.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

billion profit during the first quarter of 2018, due to the company selling its Southeast Asian business to Grab and its Russian business to Yandex. But the company also had a loss of $312 million before interest, taxes and other expenses in the same quarter. Uber was able to turn a $2.5 billion in cash, not including a $1.5

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

In today’s top payments news, Uber reported positive fourth quarter earnings, NYSE owner International Exchange said it will not pursue plans to buy eBay and Afterpay pushed back against RBA’s potential regulation of “tap and go” fees. Uber Eats Adjusted Net Sales Surge 154 Pct, Freight Logs 75 Pct Gain. PYMNTS has updates.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

suffered the largest-ever loss. Amazon relieved investors with a near doubling in profit in the holiday period and said it is raising the price of its Prime membership in the U.S. Prompting the turnaround: Snap posted its first quarterly profit. AMZN 13.54%. company—just a day after Facebook parent. Meta Platforms Inc.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2019

On-demand workspace startup WeWork has secured significant funding from investors and has aggressive plans for global expansion, but the company’s losses are ballooning, according to reports in The New York Times this week. According to the company’s latest financial disclosure, the firm’s losses have hit $1.9

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Centage

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

However, one of the most important planning tools for a business of any size is cash flow forecasting – and it’s especially important in times of uncertainty. Knowing the timing, amount and predictability of future cash flows with cash flow forecasting should be an essential component of the budgeting and planning process.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

“Spring and summer is now going to be half a season, rather than no season at all,” he said, adding that there had been “no fire sales” since reopening and that “hardly any” spring and summer product orders had been canceled. .

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

For the quarter to come, Amazon is forecasting net sales to come in between $75 billion and $81 billion, which would put its year-on-year growth between 18 percent and 28 percent. That pick-up, however, will be offset largely by an operating loss range of $1.5 billion to an operating income of $1.5 billion at the same time last year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Though Grubhub confirmed it had been meeting with financial advisors to explore a number of possibilities, including acquisition, a spokesperson asserted that “there is unequivocally no process in place to sell the company, and there are currently no plans to do so.”. Gross food sales were a beat as well, clocking in at $1.6

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Rakuten’s sales come on the heels of its operating loss of 40 billion yen, or $360 million, last quarter. Though it saw some gains in the financial technology business, it had losses when it came to ride-hailing investments, like the one it had in Spain’s Cabify.

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Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

We will end with a discussion of how enterprises try, with mixed effects, to build protections against the loss of key personnel. We will then follow up with a framework for thinking about how key people can affect the value of a business, with practical suggestions on valuing and pricing key people. Who is a key person?

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CFO Share

JUNE 6, 2024

This involves monitoring market risks, managing credit exposures, maintaining adequate liquidity, and implementing robust internal controls to prevent financial losses and ensure financial stability. Identifying Key Business Risks You may have learned in business school how to build a risk matrix and lengthy continuity plans.

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Centage

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

There is some risk to using past performance to inform your long-term plans, and this can be compounded during times of economic uncertainty. Your company needs to make plans for the future. This statement provides information about whether your business can generate a profit by reducing costs or increasing revenue.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Berkshire Hathaway plans to invest more than $570 million in cloud data company Snowflake , which has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of stock. The plan is for Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway to buy $250 million in shares direct from the company at the time of its IPO. Meanwhile, sales boomed. million.

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The Charity CFO

JANUARY 17, 2022

The basic accounting principles for nonprofit organizations are the same as accounting for for-profit companies. . However, it can also be cash from sales of products, courses, or subscriptions. Sales of products or services. You would show a large “gain” in September and large “losses” in October and November.

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Centage

APRIL 19, 2022

It is an essential tool for protecting your company’s financial health and for making plans for the future. Your budget is a forecast and a flexible plan. Profit: Your company’s revenue minus expenses is its profit. Ideally, your profit will grow from quarter to quarter or year to year.

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Jedox Finance

JANUARY 19, 2023

Find out how to tap into the power of a great plan in an interview with Kevin Alansky, Jedox Chief Marketing Officer. Read the conversation below to learn what leaders and teams in every organization should know about optimizing their planning and performance management processes to reach Superplännen – an elevated state of planning.

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