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5 Tips to Get Your Sustainability Story to the Stakeholders Who Matter
Sustainability reports are an important tool in a CFO’s strategic communications arsenal that helps attract employees, customers, and capital.
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Leigh Ann Johnston
| January 30, 2023
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Strategy
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.
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Gregory Milano
| July 13, 2022
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Financial Performance
Netflix Reports Mixed Q3 Earnings, Slower User Growth
Revenue was higher by 22.7% year-over-year as the company recorded 2.2 million paid net subscribers versus 6.8 million net additions a year ago.
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Vincent Ryan
| October 20, 2020
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Credit & Capital
Moody’s Deals a Blow to Ford With Credit Downgrade
The automaker's lackluster performance in profit margin and free cash flow leads the credit rating agency to relegate Ford's debt to junk status.
By
David McCann
| September 10, 2019
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Credit & Capital
Buybacks on Pace to Hit Record Level in 2019
The buyback boom is raising concerns as companies are returning more cash to shareholders than they are generating in free cash flow.
By
Matthew Heller
| August 1, 2019
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The Economy
Could This Be the Recession That Wasn’t?
Even as key corporate financial indicators continue to fall, some hope may be emerging that forecasts of an impending recession will prove inaccurate.
By
David McCann
| March 1, 2019
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Risk & Compliance
SEC Intensifies Focus on Non-GAAP Metrics
While the number of comment letters the commission sends to filers has waned drastically, the proportion of letters focused on non-GAAP metrics has shot up.
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David McCann
| October 23, 2018
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Investor Relations
Is Exxon Riding Slowly into the Sunset?
If oil prices remain at current levels, at some point bond investors may no longer be willing to support the shrinking enterprise.
By
Vitaliy Katsenelson
| May 17, 2018
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Risk Management
Pie in the Face for New Papa John’s CFO
The incoming finance chief has an "impossible" problem in funding needed capex on top of a huge share buyback and dividend hike, analyst firm says.
By
David McCann
| May 14, 2018
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Financial Performance
Free Cash Flow: What Is It, Really?
As the use of free cash flow as a guiding metric grows, researchers seek a solid definition for the term.
By
David Katz
| April 30, 2018
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Working Capital
Are Rising Dividend Payouts Backed By Cash?
“Firms are only capable of sustainably maintaining their dividend payouts provided they are generating sufficient free cash flow,” researchers contend.
By
David Katz
| January 3, 2018
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Working Capital
Will Tax Cuts Boost Capital Spending?
Despite surging sales and cash flow, company spending on capex continues to lag.
By
David Katz
| November 20, 2017
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Strategy
Is a Higher Valuation Multiple Always Better?
They're great for investment bankers and sellers, but lower valuation multiples are associated with greater shareholder return.
By
Marwaan Karame
| July 27, 2017
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GAAP and IFRS
CFOs Pump Out Free Cash Flow
But big, public, non-financial companies are generating cash partly by cutting capex, study finds.
By
David Katz
| July 14, 2017
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Credit
Balance-Sheet Cash Likely to Rise, Not Fall, in 2017
Absent an economic slowdown, strong free cash flow and accessible debt markets will keep companies from having to tap reserves.
By
Vincent Ryan
| January 30, 2017
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Planning
Why Continuous Improvement Beats Annual Budgeting
To deliver shareholder value consistently, managers must operate within a system of continuous improvement based on a solid performance metric.
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Frank R. Hopson
| August 24, 2016
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