The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

A company is a legal entity. It makes consultants and bankers really rich, but shareholders really poor. Depreciation is non cash. In a big chunk of this book is to show that people assume that if you have great management, you can live forever. I have lots of problems with the word sustainability precisely for that reason.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 29, 2023

This quarter, we reduced SG&A independent of the legal settlement. or $59 million related to a legal settlement. Excluding the benefit from the legal settlement, SG&A was down 6% from the prior year's quarter, as we continue to see the benefits of our cost management efforts. We delivered strong retail GPU. a year ago.

Finance 130

Finance Financing Leveraging Bidding 130

Hedgestone

JULY 10, 2023

Here are some steps you can take to value your business: Calculate your earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). A business broker can help you find potential buyers, negotiate the sale, and handle all the paperwork and legal requirements involved in the sale. Determine your industry multiple.

Mergers and Acquisitions 52

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 30, 2024

Our guidance assumes, among other things, that we don't conclude any additional business acquisitions, restructurings or legal settlements. So, I would expect that it will increase depreciation, definitely in that segment. And now I'll turn the call over to Andy. On the -- well, we're talking about capex.

Leveraging 245

Leveraging Capital Banks New York Stock Exchange 245

The Motley Fool

MARCH 13, 2025

After conducting a nationwide search, I'm pleased to announce that Rene Casares, previously chief legal officer from Academy Sports, will be joining our team next month as chief legal officer. We expect depreciation for the year will be between $290 million and $300 million.

Finance 130

Finance Financing Depreciation Leveraging 130

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

On the data-driven company front, we have been working with a leading data consultancy firm since July. The increase in SG&A was primarily associated with increased restructuring costs in the period from settling the leases from company-owned transition studios and increased legal fees to address regulatory inquiries.

Legal 130

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Hedgestone

JULY 10, 2023

It’s a crucial step in the buying and selling of businesses, and it’s also necessary for tax purposes, financial reporting, and legal matters. The market multiplier is determined by dividing the average sale price by the business’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA).

Liabilities 52

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 11, 2024

Enterprisewide operating margins also benefited from an 11% reduction or $30 million decrease in corporate expense driven mainly by reduced third-party consulting fees related to our DBA project spend. These increases were partially offset by benefits from the craft beer divestiture and lower legal fees. Moving on to marketing.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Capital Depreciation Shareholders 130

Axial

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Let’s start by defining the terms: Your EBITDA is your earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. When you’re ready to find the right M&A advisor for your business, you can learn more about Axial’s services and request a consultation.

Consultants 52

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

They act not only as product suppliers, but technical experts who consult and help customers through their development and scale-up challenges. Thus, consultation with our technical accounting and tax advisors, we believe it is appropriate to establish a full valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. per share to a $0.06

Taxes 130

Taxes Liabilities Banks Assets 130

Hedgestone

JULY 11, 2023

Regardless of the reason, the government will pursue collection of unpaid taxes, which can include levies, liens, and even legal action. For the buyer, the purchase price may be allocated between the assets of the business, which can impact the amount of depreciation and amortization deductions they can claim.

Taxes 40

Taxes Liabilities Amortization Depreciation 40

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2024

A $4 million decrease in SG&A expense, primarily driven by lower legal fees, partially offset by higher compensation and benefit expenses. We have also faced an $11 million increase in depreciation as a result of our capacity expansions. And obviously, there are some other offsets, like I said, like depreciation.

Taxes 130

Taxes Leveraging Capital Depreciation 130

The Motley Fool

JUNE 30, 2023

for the quarter, a 15 million or 18% increase in SG&A expense, which was primarily the result of increased legal costs, and an $11 million or 16% increase in depreciation, almost entirely associated with our brewery capacity investments. And as a result, please note that marketing as a percent of net sales came in at 9.5%

Portfolios 130

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 7, 2023

Gross profit and gross margin were positively impacted by lower materials costs lower inventory reserves and lower logistics cost per pound, partially offset by higher manufacturing costs, excluding depreciation, and as I just discussed, lower net revenues per pound. Moving on to gross margin. our Q2 gross profit was $2.3 of net revenues.

Education 100

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2023

The decrease is largely due to a reduction in external development expenses and consultants related to new products. Depreciation and amortization expense increased to $1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, versus $0.4 Vuzix assumes no obligation to update these projections in the future as market conditions change.

Accounting 100

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 21, 2024

00:33:52 And so we looked at some financings there, couldn’t get quite comfortable the depreciation curve because you know, Nvidia comes out every other day with a new chip, right? We looked at GPU financing, which GPU is, is the NVIDIA chip, that’s what they produce. 00:55:12 [Speaker Changed] I would say book-Wise.

Hedge Funds 59

Hedge Funds Banks Finance Financing 59

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 30, 2024

Additionally, a headwind to gross profit and EPS, but not EBITDA, is that depreciation is up approximately 15% relative to 2023 due to tooling associated with the launch of new products introduced last year. We have engaged some external folks to come in who are more hands-on, not consultants, to help us identify the issues.

Liabilities 130

Liabilities Finance Financing Capital 130

The Motley Fool

MARCH 21, 2025

The additional SG&A variance was further due to higher external fees, including legal fees tied to our initiation of litigation to protect our trade secrets and audit and professional fees tied to our year-end accounting work. Depreciation and amortization ended the year at 48 million, in line with our expectations and previous guidance.

Assets 276

Assets Capital Debt Amortization 276

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

million drop in consulting and wage costs from headcount reductions, partially offset by a $0.3 In addition, any projections as to the company's future performance represent management's estimates as of today, November 14th, 2024. Vuzix assumes no obligation to update these projections in the future as market conditions change.

Leveraging 130

Leveraging Education Capital Shareholders 130

The Big Picture

MARCH 12, 2024

I got to spend a lot of time in DC consulting on the response to the financial crisis and trying to sort out sort of what was really going on. We were consulted on the recapitalization of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. You have to make risk-based pricing, legal in the US mortgage system, Dodd-Frank made risk-based pricing illegal.

Hedge Funds 59

Hedge Funds Banks Assets Due Diligence 59

The Big Picture

AUGUST 23, 2022

And my very first experience was actually before I joined Salomon Brothers, I had another job at the Boston Consulting Group. I didn’t want to be a consultant. So I don’t know much about shipping or fishing or anything but I figured that makes it maybe half depreciated. This is not legal.

Legal 128

Legal Banks Law Firms Taxes 128

The Motley Fool

JULY 30, 2024

Based on thorough and ongoing analysis, including the engagement of third-party legal and technology experts, we firmly believe in the value and strength of our patents and are investigating several leading crystalline silicon cell manufacturers for potential infringement. Second quarter other income was $5 million.

Taxes 130

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