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Forecasting ecommerce multiples at exit

The Equity Kicker

1-800 Flowers, meanwhile is valued at 0.6x revenues because growth is much lower – forecast at 5-7% next year, and their EBITDA margin is 8%. Apologies for getting a bit finance-geeky, and you may want to skip this paragraph, but a bit of corporate finance logic can explain the link between revenues, growth, and margins.

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

I don’t think that a Net Present Value calculation is appropriate for every company. In the long run, most asset classes correlate with the rate of GDP growth, and most forecasters expect the economy to grow at anemic rates for the next decade.