Amortization of a company's intangible assets can take as long as 40 years, depending on the types of assets disclosed on the company's financial statements. How these assets affect financial ...

What Else Do Financial Records Include? Other than the most common line items found in financial statements, investors can also read the lesser known items, such as the footnotes, which often contain ...

Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) indicate a company's profitability and are calculated as revenue minus expenses, excluding taxes and interest expenses.

Financial statements are key to understanding the underlying drivers of a business—i.e., how your business is growing, what the margin profile is, how much cash it is generating and using and from ...

Marshall Hargrave is a stock analyst and writer with 10+ years of experience covering stocks and markets, as well as analyzing and valuing companies. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy ...

Savvy investors look at a company's financial health before buying its stock. Some investors monitor a company's free cash flow and review its cash flow statements to gauge how well it manages its ...

As the chief operating officer at a firm specializing in financial and accounting services, I've seen firsthand the immense value that accurate financial reporting brings to a business. Whether you're ...

Financial statements generally contain sensitive and important data about your business or personal income and assets. Because of the data's importance, you must follow standard protocol when ...

Navigating the path to becoming a publicly traded company is a significant milestone for any organization. As a micro-cap IPO advisor and investor, I’ve witnessed how the success of this transition ...