Martinka Consulting

MARCH 7, 2015

It’s always been a good story to say when an owner sees in the Wall Street Journal that a $400 million company in their industry sells for 9X EBITDA and expects their small business will also sell for 9X EBITDA (it won’t). I expect to sell my business for 6X total cash flow (profit or EBITDA plus owner salary).

Small Business 40

Small Business Cash Flow Banking Sales 40

Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2017

In the Discounted Future Cash Flow method profits are projected (same as the first issue) and discounted back to a present value. As I write this, according to the Wall Street Journal, the current PE ratio for the S&P 500 is 25.89. An outsider may ask, how is this possible?

ROI 40

ROI Cash Flow Methodologies Small Business 40

Martinka Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

A $50 million (revenue) company with 10 percent earnings will sell for a higher multiple (of profit, earnings, free cash flow, or whatever metric you use) than a $25 million company with 10 percent earnings, which will sell for a higher multiple than a $10 million company, and so on.

Cash Flow 40

Cash Flow Small Business Sports Talent 40

Martinka Consulting

APRIL 26, 2019

Wall Street Journal – The greatest transfer of wealth in history will occur in this country over the next decade; an estimated $10 trillion is expected to change hands, and much of this wealth is tied up in family businesses. Cash flow is king (they don’t require full collateralization, but will take as much as they can).

Marketing 40

Marketing PricewaterhouseCoopers Cash Flow Banking 40

Emerson Consulting Group

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

For months now, Steve has been struggling over cash-flow problems with no solution in sight. As part of his ongoing column in Money Inc. It’s 8 PM and everyone has left the building except the guy at the top, Steve, CEO of a mid-size manufacturing firm.

Cash Flow 40

Cash Flow Meeting Conference Groups 40

Epicflow

OCTOBER 9, 2024

It’s important to remember that, all else (risk, cash flow, community relations, ethical or legal constraints) being equal, NO project sponsor has ever said they want LESS value from a project for their investment! Is the cash flow available to increase expenditures in such a way? million in additional profits.

Resources 130

Resources Metrics Data Cash Flow 130

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 19, 2017

In a paper recently published in the Journal of Marketing , we show that using some clever statistical methodology, we can predict these drop-off patterns almost as well with highly aggregated data as we could with rich, granular data. the absolute size of the customer base and the number of customers acquired each quarter).

Methodologies 70

Methodologies How To Metrics Sales 70

Martinka Consulting

MAY 28, 2021

On April 5 the Wall Street Journal had a frontpage article titled, “ Small-Business Owners Feel Weight of Personal Debt Guarantees. 1) debt coverage ratio (the first number is free cash flow and the second number is debt service payments). Some banks will allow borrowers to have a very low (1.1:1

Banking 40

Banking Cash Flow Small Business Journal 40

Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 7, 2020

On August 24 my phone buzzed with a news flash from The Wall Street Journal. Cash flow is, however, the tricky one. Small business accounting tends to make cash flow a moving target anyway and a lot of owners “manage by checkbook.” The reason is supposedly “to secure favorable loans and tax benefits.”.

Real Estate 40

Real Estate Cash Flow Banking Resumes 40