Calcbench Newsletter (June 2017)
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- Employee severance costs, 2014-2017
- Gleaning intelligence on Hulu’s finances
- SEC speaks on new revenue standard
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In this issue: Walmart anti-corruption costs. Walmart has been mired in a long-running investigation of possible bribery to secure permits in Mexico, India, and elsewhere. Just how much money has this cost the world’s largest company since the investigation began in 2011? At least $820 million—a number you can find quickly and easily in the […more]
In this issue: Predictive analysis and going concern warnings. A new standard goes into effect this month to impose more discipline around how companies assess their ability to continue as a going concern. Calcbench did an experiment to see how quickly we could identify filers with multiple poor financial metrics—which, in turn, could help analysts […more]
In this issue: Time between filing the earnings release and the 10-Q. Ever wonder how much time companies take between filing their earnings release and then following up with the Form 10-Q to report those earnings? We did, so we did some digging. While the average time gap in second-quarter 2016 was four days, when […more]
For those who took a summer vacation in August, Calcbench has been busy expanding our product lineup and doing more dabbling in financial data research. Whether you’re new to our products or looking to learn more about how we can improve your day-to-day, we hope you find the newsletter useful.
During one recent expedition into the Calcbench databases we took a look at patterns of deferred revenue, and how steady those numbers have been as a portion of corporate revenue overall. Check out this month’s newsletter to see how much corporate cash streams depend on deferred revenue (and which may feel some stress in future […more]