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  • Understanding the EV/2P Ratio

    Posted Date May 1, 2026 Posted Time 12:00 am Published in

    🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readWhen it comes to raw materials, especially for fossil fuels, it’s essential to evaluate existing and potential production capabilities for such companies. Using the EV/2P Ratio is a powerful tool when evaluating fossil fuel-related companies. Defining the Ratio This ratio is calculated by dividing a business’ enterprise value into the company’s reserves. It provides financial analysts, investors and internal business stakeholders with a snapshot of a company’s reserves and the business’ likelihood of preserving operation growth. This standardizes valuations, thereby allowing analysts to compare company-to-company financials. How to Calculate EV/2P Enterprise Value (EV) / Total 2P... View Article

  • Understanding Cash EBITDA

    Posted Date April 1, 2026 Posted Time 12:00 am Published in

    🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readWhile Cash EBITDA isn’t recognized by generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), it’s a way for company owners and investors to account for deferred revenue during valuation modeling. This financial metric measures a business’ year-over-year change in postponed revenue to analyze a company’s financial situation. Defining EBITDA Before Cash EBITDA is defined, EBITDA must be defined. EBITDA = earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization This metric is used quite often in financial analysis. Business owners, investors and financial analysts use this metric to examine different companies’ fiscal achievements against sector competitors and to determine the business’... View Article

  • Understanding Qualifying Dispositions

    Posted Date March 1, 2026 Posted Time 12:00 am Published in

    🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readWith 57 percent of public companies offering their workers employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs), according to the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals (NASPP), understanding how qualifying dispositions work is an essential skill. The concept refers to someone selling or otherwise “disposing” of equities who sees advantageous tax benefits. This is especially pronounced when a stockholder’s normal tax income rate differs markedly from prevailing tax rates for long-term investments. Eligible individuals are those employed by a company that offers such a benefit. There are two different options available for worker participation. The first option is where... View Article

  • Understanding the Equity Multiplier

    Posted Date February 1, 2026 Posted Time 12:00 am Published in

    🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readWhether you are an investor, an owner, or an internal financial analyst, understanding how the equity multiplier works and how to interpret it is a helpful skill. Defining the Equity Multiplier The equity multiplier is a metric that tells the user what percentage of the company’s assets are loaned against shareholders’ equity. The smaller the calculated number for the equity multiplier, the less risky the financing is due to less debt owed by the company. It’s more favorable since there are lower debt servicing costs needed. When liabilities and/or assets change, the company’s equity multiplier changes.... View Article

  • Defining An Activity Cost Driver

    Posted Date January 1, 2026 Posted Time 12:00 am Published in

    🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readAn activity cost driver is anything that causes a company’s variable costs to either reduce or grow. Since measuring an activity cost driver is a way to streamline the administration of managing production costs, it’s an integral part of activity-based costing. Examples of activity-cost drivers are warehouse expenses, modifying engineering designs, and retooling, setup, and maintenance costs for machining needs. This can include higher warehouse expenses due to increased rents or leases, which add to the final amount of the product or service’s sales price. Machining costs include initial setups for initial production and ongoing maintenance... View Article

  • How to Account for Accretion

    Posted Date December 1, 2025 Posted Time 12:00 am Published in

    🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readWhether it’s an individual investor or a business owner looking to increase their earning power, understanding how accretion works is essential for individual and business investors to make the correct decisions going forward. How Accretion Works for Bonds Accretion is the gradual increase of a bond’s value over time. As a bond moves toward its maturity date, it increases in value until it reaches its face or par value – or what’s paid to the bondholder upon maturity. If a bond has a face value of $2,000, yet it’s discounted at $1,900 when it’s offered for... View Article

  • Understanding The Q Ratio

    Posted Date November 1, 2025 Posted Time 12:00 am Published in

    🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readWhen it comes to evaluating a business, there are many ways to perform a valuation. One way to do so is to use the Q Ratio. Known as Tobin’s Q Ratio or simply the Q Ratio, this method looks at the proportion between the values of a physical asset and its replacement cost. Developed by Nobel laureate economist James Tobin, this ratio presumes a single company; for public investors, if asset values can be estimated, the company’s market value of a publicly traded company may be approximately estimated. The original formula is as follows: Q Ratio... View Article

  • Understanding Contribution Margin After Marketing

    Posted Date October 1, 2025 Posted Time 12:00 am Published in

    🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readContribution margin after marketing (CMAM) measures how much money is generated per unit retailed after factoring in a company’s variable costs, along with marketing costs. It’s analogous with contribution margin, however, a business must factor in marketing costs the company experiences when publicizing a good to likely consumers with details on the business’ wares. This metric determines how well net sales can satisfy expense obligations and what percentage of net sales may remain to satisfy fixed expenses. Comparing Variable Versus Fixed Costs Variable costs, as the name implies, are expenses that rise and fall according to... View Article

  • How to Evaluate Accounts Receivables

    Posted Date September 1, 2025 Posted Time 12:00 am Published in

    🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readAccording to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, collection agencies saw $16.28 billion in revenue in 2019. While revenues have declined somewhat in recent years, unpaid invoices are still big business. Accounts receivable aging reports can help companies identify and mitigate unpaid invoices and potentially lower a business’ need to send unpaid invoices to collection agencies. An accounts receivable aging report analyzes how well a company manages its accounts receivables (AR) and identifies the level of any abnormalities. It looks at receivables based on their age; specifically, the time the invoice has been unpaid and... View Article

  • Understanding Depreciation Recapture

    Posted Date August 1, 2025 Posted Time 12:00 am Published in

    🖨 Print⏱ 3 min readWhen it comes to businesses and asset depreciation, there are many types available, such as straight-line, units of production, double declining balance, and sum of years digits. While these aren’t the only ones, they are available via the IRS code and help businesses reduce their taxable income. However, under certain circumstances, businesses have to be mindful when selling assets for a gain that could cause a tax liability through depreciation recapture. Understanding Depreciation Depreciation is defined as the reduction in the value of an asset through wear and tear. It can be a rental property or... View Article

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