In July 2017, PayPal Holdings, Inc. [PYPL] acquired Canadian payment-processing company TIO Networks for $238 million. The purchase price consisted of $66 million of technology and customer-related intangible assets, net assets of approximately $2 million and initial goodwill of approximately … Continue reading
Author Archives: Olga Usvyatsky
SEC Comment Letters Every Analyst Should Read
As part of its requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the SEC reviews the financial reporting of every public company at least once every three years. If the SEC has questions, the company will receive a SEC Comment Letter. … Continue reading
What You Should Know About General Electric’s Revenue Recognition Announcement
Note: This post has been updated to include the full, unabridged FactSet article made available on November 12, 2018. General Electric Co [GE] released an update on April 13, which among other things, clarified issues related to the adoption of … Continue reading
ASC 606 Adoption Progress – Q4 Update
We’re beginning to see large U.S. public companies with December year ends completing implementation of the new revenue recognition standard. At the time of our Q2 progress update, many companies were still behind, despite the December deadline for companies who … Continue reading
New Tax Cut Law Is Complicating Fourth Quarter Earnings Data
The Tax Cut & Jobs Act law (TCJA) passed in a rush late last year is complicating how companies release their fourth quarter earnings data. The sweeping changes will significantly affect most large companies, and many of them took different … Continue reading
What are Companies Really Seeing, Revenue Growth or Accounting Adjustments?
With the new ASC 606 rule now in effect and earnings season in full swing, we are beginning to see how different companies changed the way they account for revenue. For some, it will improve fiscal 2018 financial results. If … Continue reading
Differences in Loss Reserve Estimate Disclosures Could Spell Uncertainty
Investors and analysts should be aware that there is more than one way to disclose Changes in Accounting Estimates. In some cases, inconsistency in the disclosure practices make it difficult to predict whether a review or an investigation is likely … Continue reading