The Motley Fool

JANUARY 17, 2024

Debt can drive a wedge in the strongest of friendships. In other words, general liability insurance is what you'll rely on in the case that someone is injured in your home gym while you're offering professional services. We're all certain our friends would never sue us -- until they do.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 5, 2024

BigBear allows a variety of organizations to offer better services to their customers and minimize unnecessary expenses. It also provides professional services to support the implementation and maintenance of its solutions. Healthcare providers use the software to optimize facility workflows and care delivery settings.

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Professional Services Venture Capital Financing Finance 243

FinSMEs

AUGUST 27, 2024

Fusion Consulting Group, a London, UK-based multi-disciplinary professional services firm serving private clients and SMEs, received an 8-figure debt funding package from Growth Lending. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its Buy-and-Build program, enabling the acquisition of larger professional services firms.

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Consulting Consultants Debt Professional Services 62

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 4, 2024

In 2023, an estimated 96% of professional services companies said they intended to give out year-end bonuses, according to staffing firm Robert Half. Pay off your holiday credit card debt If you recently racked up a balance on your credit cards , you're no doubt in good company. Learn more here.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The average yield on debt securities in Ares Capital's portfolio was 12.2% That's less than half the yield it receives from the debt securities in its portfolio. As its name implies, practically all of PennantPark Floating Rate Capital's debt investments collect interest at variable rates. in the second quarter. of the total.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Global deal-making and financing activity is set to rebound in 2025 following a challenging year as easing interest rates spark optimism across industries, according to new research by financial and corporate services provider Ocorian. Among these, 14% anticipate a significant uptick, while only 4% forecast a decline.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Agility Recovery Services has served blue-chip customers in banking, insurance, government, healthcare, and professional services for over three decades. New State initially invested in AFIMAC in August 2022. Stifel acted as financial advisors for the Company.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 11, 2024

According to the professional services firm EY, things appear to be turning around. In the first quarter, Morgan Stanley's investment banking revenue increased 16%, thanks to especially strong equity underwriting revenue from IPOs and robust debt underwriting. That's up from last year when there were 33 IPOs but only $2.6

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2025

The increase was mostly driven by professional services spend and partially offset by our cost initiatives during the year. The largest use of cash during the year was $87 million used to repurchase $111 million of debt in March. Turning now to Slide 16 to finish up the P&L.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

million, while professional-service revenue edged up 2% to $18.7 Management previously issued guidance for total Q2 revenue of between $725 million and $729 million, and service revenue of between $705 million to $709 million, so it easily topped that forecast. Subscription revenue also increased by 7% to $717.4 billion to $2.95

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Enterprise Values Professional Services Debt Returns 130

Private Equity Insights

JULY 17, 2023

The Inquirer confirmed over the weekend that CVC Capital will take a 60-percent position in the hospital’s Philippine assets and operations through the purchase of a combination of new shares to be issued by Professional Services Inc.—the the owner and operator of TMC—as well as existing shares from current owners.

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Capital Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Stakes 130

The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 13, 2024

million, while professional service revenue jumped 11% to $20.1 billion and zero debt after repurchasing $172.7 But like many pandemic winners, it also saw a lot of pull-forward in demand that later led to much more modest revenue growth. For it fiscal third quarter, DocuSign reported revenue up 8% from a year ago to $754.8

Professional Services 130

Professional Services Debt Accounting Companies 130

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Last quarter, the company generated 16% of its revenue from professional services, mostly fees customers pay to pull desired products and features through C3.ai's The company has a $762 million cash position and zero debt. Like Palantir, C3.ai ai deserves credit. ai's engineering pipeline. In other words, C3.ai's

Professional Services 130

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Professional services revenue rose 14% to $82 million. billion in debt. ServiceNow has consistently put up strong revenue growth, and that continued in Q3, with revenue rising 22% to $2.8 That topped the average estimate of $2.75 billion, as compiled by FactSet. Subscription revenue jumped 23% to $2.7

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Professional Services Debt Companies Investors 130

The Motley Fool

JUNE 9, 2024

million, while professional-service revenue fell 18% to $18.2 billion and no debt, giving it the ability boost its share repurchase program by an additional $1 billion. Solid revenue growth, but bookings guidance disappoints For the quarter ended April 30, DocuSign's revenue climbed 7% year over year to $709.6 billion to $2.93

Enterprise Values 130

Enterprise Values Professional Services Amortization Depreciation 130

The Motley Fool

JUNE 7, 2024

This measure of the net income the company generates compared to its debt and equity gives it the fifth-highest ROIC in the S&P 500, and it indicates that it is masterful at growing its store count profitably. The cherry on top for investors? Image source: Getty Images.

Professional Services 130

Professional Services Shareholders Debt Returns 130

The Motley Fool

MAY 30, 2024

It has no long-term debt. million, while professional services revenue declined by 57% to $6.7 The company ended its fiscal 2024 with cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities of $750.4 What happened with C3.ai ai in the quarter? Subscription revenue surged by 41% year over year to $79.9

Professional Services 130

Professional Services Consulting Consultants Accounting 130

The Motley Fool

MARCH 21, 2025

The year-over-year increase was mainly driven by increased sales and marketing for new brands and products and higher personnel costs from sales and service network expansion. No matter if it's debt or equity. Loss from operations was 6 billion RMB, down 8.9% year over year and up 15.2% quarter over quarter. billion in 2023 Q4 and 0.3

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Lifecycle services: Consulting, professional services (engineered-to-order solutions), cybersecurity, and asset management. Measuring a company's profitability compared to its debt and equity, a consistently high ROIC can indicate a wide moat for a business.

Professional Services 130

Professional Services Amortization Depreciation Consulting 130

The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Prioritized engineering services, working software machine learning models, data oncologies, etc., that have utility over the term of the underlying subscription agreement are properly recognized as professional services in the period delivered. Conventional professional services are recognized as they are delivered.

Professional Services 130

Professional Services Accounting Shareholders Collateral 130

The Motley Fool

AUGUST 15, 2023

They have been buying back their debt, and that is interesting to me, because this is convertible debt. I love that move because when that debt eventually comes due and I hate convertible debt for a number of reasons, but we won't bore people with that right now. It is a student loan servicing company. I love this.

Education 189

Education Debt Taxes Leveraging 189

The Motley Fool

JANUARY 31, 2025

billion in debt and returned $1.6 Interest expense of $206 million in the quarter was up $82 million versus last year primarily reflecting the issuance of $7 billion in debt to fund the NFP acquisition. billion of debt in 2024 and coupled with earnings growth, lowered our debt-to-EBITDA leverage from 4.1 times to 3.4

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Leveraging Taxes Capital Shareholders 130

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In addition, we paid down $15 million in debt, leaving us with a gross debt of $220 million and a net debt balance of $153 million when including our quarter end cash of $67 million. million or 5% of sales in the prior year due to the timing of certain professional service arrangements related to new product innovation.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 30, 2024

Our bookings distribution for the fourth quarter was approximately 50% federal defense and aerospace, 15% oil and gas, 11% state and government, 7% manufacturing, 6% energy and utilities, 5% consumer packaged goods, 5% professional services. Professional services revenue was $6.7 million and gross margin was 70%.

Professional Services 130

Professional Services Liabilities Companies Law Firms 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The nature of our business drives variable revenues due to customer buying patterns for marketing programs and for Carepoint's, as well as the timing of professional service milestones that precede deployments. This decrease was driven primarily by timing of marketing revenue. Turning now to gross profit. G&A expenses were $34.8

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The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

Finally, Steve will discuss our priorities around debt reduction, but I want to emphasize that our shareholder return framework has not changed, and we will continue to return at least 60% of our free cash flow via dividends and share repurchases. That gives us the other 40% for debt reduction.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Professional services revenue was $13.7 We expect the professional services revenue to generally stay within 10% to 20% of total revenue for fiscal '25. We expect the professional services revenue to generally stay within 10% to 20% of total revenue for fiscal '25. Gross profit for the quarter was $60.9

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Professional Services Enterprise Values Assets Leveraging 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The strong cash flow will enable us to return to a debt-free status as we exit Q1 2025, paying off the remainder of the $1 billion debt inherited from the NuVasive merger. And down in SG&A, we probably have some higher bad debt expense. to 38.5%. That was a little bit of a drag on gross margin. But again, $0.85

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Mergers and Acquisitions Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Taxes Capital 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In addition, we discuss non-GAAP financial measures, including core funds from operations or core FFO, adjusted funds from operations or AFFO, and net debt to recurring EBITDA. In addition, we have no material debt maturities until 2028 and pro forma net debt to EBITDA stood at just 4.3 times at year-end. That's correct.

Debt 130

Debt Banks Capital Leveraging 130

The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Services revenues, which include revenues from DISCO Review and Professional Services, were $6.5 Full-year services revenue was $25.8 Services revenues, which include DISCO Managed Review and Professional Services, were $6.5 Services revenues were $25.8 million in the fourth quarter.

Legal 130

Legal Professional Services Banks Law Firms 130

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

While we are seeing higher average consulting build rates worldwide, lower customer demand for consulting projects in the current and macroeconomic environment remain a headwind to customer spend on professional services. Our outstanding debt and-convertible notes remain unchanged at a total $2.2 billion in current market value.

Education 130

Education Assets Leveraging Debt 130

Pension Pulse

JULY 11, 2024

Funds raised money, bought businesses, loaded them with debt, exited at a profit and convinced happy investors to do it all over again — at ever greater scale. Some top industry figures don’t dispute the perils of gulping down more and more varieties of debt. “On Surging borrowing costs have stalled that engine.

Buyout 59

Buyout Debt Leveraging Collateral 59

The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Our gross debt was $2.322 billion with an aggregate interest rate of 5.7%. During Q4, we paid down $43 million of debt and at the end of Q4, we had $1 billion in high-yield notes, a $500 million term loan and approximately $202 million drawn on our revolver. We're prioritizing paying down our debt in fiscal '24.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 100

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Debt Taxes Capital 100

The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We are focused on this metric that adds visibility to our financial strengths, especially when you consider our strong balance sheet with ample cash and no debt. The increase was driven primarily by increased professional services associated with our government business. Mark will provide you with more details shortly.

Professional Services 130

Professional Services Capital Enterprise Values Debt 130

SuperAngel.Fund

DECEMBER 1, 2023

That is especially true in certain underserved, non-digital industries such as construction, logistics, farming, and professional services, which, include upwards of 20 million business owners. including debt and equity, led by Florida Funders with participation from other strategic investors including Home Depot Ventures.

Finance 59

Finance Financing Professional Services Startups 59

Insight Partners

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

How do R&D teams allocate time spent across new features, defects, tech debt, architectural evolution, and more? Questions we address for founders and leaders in this report How much should we invest in R&D at specific growth stages? What should our hosting costs be? How do product development teams align?

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

We took on a lot of debt over the past three years, and we've been diligently paying that down. During Q4, we paid down $63 million and ended Q4 with cash and cash equivalents of $266 million and gross debt of $1.753 billion. During fiscal '24, our gross debt balance decreased by $569 million. Turning to Slide 10.

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 130

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Debt Leveraging Shareholders 130