Posts by David Zafft
Making the 13-Week Cash Flow Model Work for Your Business
At a glance Don’t go at it alone. Schedule a consultation today with an Aprio cash flow professional and obtain the guidance you need to thrive. The full story: Are inflation pressures driving up your costs? Are recessionary headwinds dampening product demand? If so, have you considered how a 13-week cash flow model may help…
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How the ESG Movement is Driving Value in Private Company M&A
At a glance: ESG gains steam: The ESG topic has dominated headlines recently in light of the events of the past year. Create a tangible impact: Below we explain what ESG means to your business and how you can incorporate it into your M&A and investment decisions to drive value. ESG expertise matters: Aprio’s experts…
Read MorePrivate Equity Webinar Series Session 6: Rethinking Valuation
Watch Aprio’s webinar Rethinking Valuation part six of our webinar series, COVID-19 Private Equity Reset: Creating Value in a New World. Our panelists discuss COVID-19’s impact on the transactions market, including: Transaction volume and recent trends Current market valuations and transaction multiples for select industries Prevalence of earnout structures in recently closed transactions Reach out…
Read MoreCOVID and the Deal Market Part 2: The decline in transaction volume and deal size
In the first article of this series, we hypothesized that deal volume would drop in Q2 in comparison to similar year-over-year data, and that smaller, lower leveraged deals may be best poised to be close by market participants. Our predictions are proving true. Based on data from CapitalIQ[1], we are seeing not only a decline…
Read MoreCoronavirus Cash Flow Ideas: The 13-Week Cash Flow Model
Managing short-term cash flow is the key to weathering business disruptions. At Aprio, we recommend creating a 13-week cash flow model to help guide decision making. Learn the fundamentals of how to project cash flow demonstrated through a simple 13-week framework that can help you prepare for the weeks ahead.
Read MoreWhen and How to Share Data in an M&A Transaction
If you’re in the finance sector, you’re likely familiar with Eugene Fama’s Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), an investment theory whereby share price reflects all available information. The more transparent the information, the more closely the transaction price reflects fair value. In this ideal world, neither party holds an advantage over the other, and consistent excess…
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