Working capital is a significant figure for businesses. In short, net working capital is an individual or business's current assets minus their liabilities or debts, explains the team at Bank of ...

A business's net working capital refers to its current assets minus its current liabilities. The result measures the current liquidity of the company and its ability to repay creditors over the coming ...

When selling your business in the lower middle market (more than $2 million in enterprise value), the value is usually based on a financial calculation — a multiple of EBITDA (earnings before interest ...

This article is part of a continuing series on recurring issues of critical importance to sellers in private company M&A. Previous topics include equity rolls. Net Working Capital (“NWC”) targets and ...

Net working capital (“NWC”) is often a highly scrutinized component in M&A deals and can significantly impact the purchase price. NWC represents the liquidity a company needs to run its day-to-day ...

Gregory Milano is founder and CEO of Fortuna Advisors LLC and author of Curing Corporate Short-Termism, Future Growth vs. Current Earnings. Many executives, especially those with a finance background, ...

Textbooks and financial courses often state that a healthy balance sheet is characterized by, among other things, positive net working capital. Conversely, negative working capital may indicate ...

The vast majority of private company acquisitions contain some type of purchase price adjustment to account for any changes in certain financial metrics (including working capital) of the target ...

Over the past decade, many corporates have adjusted their financing strategies as the availability and cost of capital have changed due to a number of factors, including market, regulatory and ...

Although Working Capital - which refers to the funds a business uses in its day-to-day operations - is seen as a relatively mundane metric, we think it’s quite useful to identify quality businesses.