Analysis and Evaluation of Data: Rapid Fire

What this video covers

• How net income flows to three places, and why cash on the balance sheet always ties out from beginning cash plus change in cash
• Why the quick ratio is the tougher liquidity test for inventory-heavy companies, and how current ratio includes inventory while quick ratio strips it out entirely
• What happens to earnings and taxes under First-In, First-Out (FIFO) versus Last-In, First-Out (LIFO) during inflation, and which method acts as a tax deferral
• How to build Enterprise Value (EV) from market cap, debt, preferred stock, and minority interest minus cash, and why M&A is quoted in EV
• Why free cash flow (FCF) yield uses market cap in the denominator, not EV, and the exam trap that swaps them
• How precedent transactions can price higher than trading comparables via a control premium, and why the ranges can overlap or invert
• The 5-day Schedule 13D deadline for activists, the 10-day Schedule 14D-9 deadline for target boards, and the $100 million threshold that unlocks Form 13F and Qualified Institutional Buyer (QIB) status