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High Expectations: Managing For Value In The Automotive Industry

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Since shareholder value is driven by investor expectations of future cash flow and EP growth (See S&P 500 Warranted Value of Discounted Economic Profits vs. Actual Traded Value chart, below), EP has been used as the profitability metric for AlixPartners’ Automotive Value Creation study.

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There Is A Roadmap Through Today’s Financial Crunch

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Make granular cash-flow forecasts. We’re not going to final costs — just gross margin, and gross margin that is inflation-adjusted. Even though you may not have high fixed costs that reduce the bottom line, if you don’t have gross margin, your bottom line is going to be affected. Be careful with capital.

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Customizable profit and loss template for SMBs

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A basic break-even analysis template should include customizable fields where you can input all the variable costs of your new venture — including fixed costs, price, volume, and other factors that could ultimately affect your net profit. This helps you figure out when you’ll break even. Image Source ). Unlimited automations.

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