WHITE PAPER
Unlocking Hidden Enterprise Value
How Ingrained Accounting Practices Could Be Costing Your Company Millions in Underreported EBITDA and Enterprise Value—And What You Can Do to Fix It
Are you a private equity portfolio CFO?
Consider two operationally identical companies:
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Same revenue, same costs, same operations, and same underlying economics.
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Same industry, same EBITDA multiple.
Yet:
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Company A reports a 30.0% EBITDA margin (accurate).
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Company B reports a 27.5% EBITDA margin (underreported).
The result? Company A commands tens of millions more in enterprise value than Company B.
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How is this possible?
In this white paper, we uncover:
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How ingrained accounting practices can lead to systematic EBITDA underreporting.
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Why auditors may be indifferent to EBITDA underreporting.
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Why EBITDA underreporting is so common in private companies.
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Why sell-side Quality of Earnings (QoE) reviews often miss systematic underreporting, leaving EBITDA—and enterprise value—on the table when it matters most.
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Key considerations to help you address and remedy systematic EBITDA underreporting.
Download our white paper today to discover how to ensure your financial reporting fully reflects—and never undermines—your company's true value.
