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How to Calculate Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) for SaaS Companies w/ Examples

Software Equity Group

COGS is a key metric private equity investors and strategic buyers use to evaluate companies. Speaking broadly, your COGS structure will likely include technical support, professional services, customer success, and developmental operations. This includes their salaries.

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Event-Driven Hedge Funds: The Best Home for Bankers Turned Investors?

Mergers and Inquisitions

Here’s how these strategies compare on the “trading vs. private equity” spectrum: The big selling point of the “middle” strategies – special situations and distressed – is that their returns are relatively uncorrelated with the overall market , and they have greater potential upside than something like merger arbitrage.

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Renewable Energy Investment Banking: How to Make Greens by Going Green

Mergers and Inquisitions

Here’s an example operational snapshot: You won’t necessarily model each plant or site separately, but you might group them into similar regions or contract types and forecast the revenue, expenses, and financing costs for each one. Many “services” in this area involve residential installations of solar panels.