Perspectives

Foros periodically publishes Perspectives on topical issues common to companies to provoke thought and discussion. We welcome your feedback here.

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M&A in Lockdown

M&A Has Been Nonexistent the Past 2 Months but the Public Markets are Strong. What Gives?

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Business Forecasting in Uncertain Times: The Importance of Scenario Planning

18 Months On, Revisiting Foros Perspectives on Distribution of Potential Financial Outcomes

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Trump Era U.S. Stock Market Appreciation is all about MAGA, but not the Trump MAGA

Review of S&P 500 Performance Indicates the Bulk of the Appreciation Since Trump Became President is Attributable to the Return of Four Stocks: Microsoft, Apple, Google and Amazon.

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Equity Return Expectations

Heads-Up to CEOs – Producing a Stock Price Total Return that Tracks Your Cost of Equity is a Coin Toss

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Leveraged Recap: Too good to be true?

A Leveraged Recap enhances returns to continuing shareholders, but it also increases financial risks for them and its benefits are less compelling when evaluated through the lens of all shareholders.

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Valuing Software Companies in the Changing GAAP Environment – Focus on Cash Flow

Increased Quarterly Income Statement Volatility Under ASC 606 for Software Companies Should Lead to a Reversion Towards Fundamental Cash Flow Based Valuations

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Winding Up to Wind Down

Some companies who choose to close up shop rather than reach for growth can return more value to shareholders.

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Google and Amazon

Canaries in the Enterprise Coal Mine

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Bucking the Odds

When Buying Growth Makes Sense

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Saved by the Bell?

AT&T – Time Warner Deal a Risky Last Call for CEO

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Musk’s Lesson for Redstone

Overlapping insider ownership in merging companies raises questions that should be proactively addressed

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Deal “EPS Accretion”

How Acquisition Math is Skewed to Present a Positive Story

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Redefining Value in Tech

How Micro Focus bested Facebook in shareholder return with modest revenue growth

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When It Pays to Pay Taxes

U.S. Companies Would Be Better Off Repatriating Excess Offshore Cash

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Busting the Tech IPO Myth

Post-2009 U.S. Tech IPOs Had Negative Returns Relative to Market

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