Martinka Consulting

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I’m working with a private equity firm to find add-on HVAC, plumbing, electrical, or refrigeration companies for their plumbing construction firm in the Seattle area (so if you know of any doing at least $5 million in sales who want an investor let me know). Not to mention no management reports, no metrics, KPIs, etc.

Cash Flow 40

Cash Flow Metrics Construction Financial 40

Harvard Business

APRIL 5, 2017

Similarly, considering greater accruals (which represent the difference between reported income and operating cash flows) to measure short-term orientation has its difficulties. It assumes that a smaller proportion of cash flows in earnings indicates a myopic firm.

Metrics 29

Metrics Study Cash Flow McKinsey 29

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

After all, “short-termism” does not correspond to any single quantifiable metric. To construct our Corporate Horizon Index, we identified five financial indicators, selected because they matched up with five hypotheses we had developed about the ways in which long- and short-term companies might differ.

Management 28

Management Metrics Financial Company 28