Capital Archives - CFO

5 Accounting ‘Turnarounds’: How Manufacturing Fends Off Credit Squeeze

5 Accounting ‘Turnarounds’: How Manufacturing Fends Off Credit Squeeze

Don’t be the CFO who says, “I should have zigged when I zagged,” in 2023.

By David DeMuth | November 15, 2022

How CFOs Can Raise Financing During a Downturn

How CFOs Can Raise Financing During a Downturn

Investors are looking for well-defined strategies to maintain growth rates and cash runways, an optimum cost base, and clear plans for the proceeds.

By Chris Roling | November 1, 2022

FP&A: Making the Best of the Dog Days of Summer

FP&A: Making the Best of the Dog Days of Summer

The calm before the looming annual planning storm offers an opportunity to frame-out high-impact projects to help strengthen the business.

By Marwaan Karame and Kal Vadasz | July 27, 2022

Rethinking the Value of 3 Common Financial Metrics

Rethinking the Value of 3 Common Financial Metrics

Most companies use too many incomplete measures and would benefit from using one complete measure instead, as railroading company CSX has implemented.

By Gregory Milano | July 13, 2022

Beware of Zombie Businesses in Your Portfolio

Capital Allocation

Beware of Zombie Businesses in Your Portfolio

Looming interest rate hikes will motivate CFOs to scrutinize low-return businesses and products.

By Kal Vadasz | April 28, 2022

Strategies for Mid-Market Success Post COVID-19

Strategies for Mid-Market Success Post COVID-19

Companies face a world in which business models are changing, demand drivers are being reset, and asset utilization has radically changed.

By Lauren Muskett | February 26, 2021

Be Cautious About ‘Sweating Your Assets’

Be Cautious About ‘Sweating Your Assets’

Even though it can make certain metrics look better, merely letting assets depreciate isn't enough to sustain growth.

By Gregory V. Milano | October 16, 2017

Do We Remember How to Grow?

Do We Remember How to Grow?

What does your capital deployment strategy say about your growth expectations?

By Frank R. Hopson | May 8, 2017

Durable Goods Orders Rise 1.7% in February

Durable Goods Orders Rise 1.7% in February

"The evidence is building that manufacturing activity is on something of an upswing," an economist says.

By Matthew Heller | March 27, 2017

The Rules of Attraction

The Rules of Attraction

How do corporate borrowers keep their bank lenders happy when there is so little profit to be made by providing lines of credit?

By Vincent Ryan | October 11, 2016

Is Financial Leverage Good for Shareholders?

Is Financial Leverage Good for Shareholders?

Although high debt levels are touted to be shareholder-friendly, highly levered companies do not deliver higher returns.

By Joseph Theriault and Gregory V. Milano | April 13, 2012

After the Revolution

Banking & Capital Markets

After the Revolution

Forty years ago, the Modigliani-Miller propositions started a new era in corporate finance. How does M&M hold up today?

By Dun Gifford Jr. | July 1, 1998

Where Cash Is Anything But Trash

Corporate Finance

Where Cash Is Anything But Trash

Why Honeywell prefers debt over equity to finance deals.

By Stephen Barr | February 1, 1998