NextDC shares dropped 39.5% after the Australian data center operator cut its fiscal 2027 revenue forecast to A$475-500 million from A$615-640 million, and lowered EBITDA guidance to A$245-265 million from A$385-410 million. The company blamed delays in power infrastructure upgrades at its M3 Melbourne facility, where electricity distributor Jemena suspended work due to community opposition and lack of council consent, with resumption not expected before February 2027.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-21
A finance commentary piece explains that commercial lenders form early impressions about a business's governance and decision-making discipline before ever discussing loan terms, covenants, or leverage ratios. The author argues that how a company reports, forecasts, and approves major decisions often shapes credit conversations more than last year's earnings figures.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-15
A valuation framework called the Financial Truth Ladder, developed by TEOL Capital, describes how institutional buyers actually assess a business before assigning it a price. Rather than starting with EBITDA multiples, buyers first test whether the company's financials, earnings, and cash flow can be trusted, then examine owner dependency and future predictability. Each of the five questions either builds buyer confidence or introduces doubt that affects the final offer.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-08-27
An Entrepreneur opinion piece argues that business owners commonly misunderstand valuation, believing EBITDA multiplied by a market multiple fully determines their company's worth. In reality, the multiple itself is derived from buyers' judgments about risk, management quality, customer diversification and the durability of future cash flows, not a fixed industry number. Two companies with identical EBITDA can receive very different offers depending on how confident buyers are that those earnings will continue after a sale.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-08-25
Entrepreneur contributors argue that in today's tighter, more expensive financing environment, buyers and lenders are shifting focus away from EBITDA and toward how much actual cash a business generates. While EBITDA remains useful for gauging operating performance, it excludes real costs like working capital needs and capital expenditures that determine whether cash truly reaches the bank account.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-08-24
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