Valuing a stock is difficult, but it is an essential part of the stock-picking process. If investors want to find a mismatch between the company's current stock price and future cash flows, they have ...

Coca-Cola's strong brand portfolio, leadership position, and Dividend King status reflect its resiliency. Despite recent stock price increases, KO is not overvalued, with the multiple valuation method ...

How much is your company worth? The ultimate goal for business owners, entrepreneurs and corporate executives is to create value. Value creation is the natural result of converting raw inputs into ...

Multi-tiered entities (MTEs) offer businesses a sophisticated organizational structure with multiple layers of ownership and control. But the complex ownership structures and intercompany ...

The spirits industry is a mature, fragmented industry with economies of scale, which is a recipe for consolidation. Large spirits companies have been acquisitive in the tequila segment, particularly ...

As we discussed in the first installment of this series, the pace of mergers and acquisitions among printing and packaging firms finally is on the rise after years of languishing in the doldrums. That ...

A major misconception I see among small- and medium-sized business (SMB) owners is centered around the concept of business valuations—how they work, why you should get one and when it is appropriate ...

Storage facilities provide an entrepreneur with additional opportunities for income. However, whether getting into the storage facility business results from the expansion of a current business or ...