Quality of Earnings Reports
Understand the earnings you are buying, selling or presenting to lenders.
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Reported EBITDA does not always show how much a business earns on a repeatable basis. Owner expenses, one-time transactions, revenue cutoffs, customer concentration and changes in working capital can materially affect the number used in an acquisition or financing discussion.
Financely prepares focused quality of earnings analyses for buyers, sellers, sponsors and operating companies. We examine the financial information provided, identify material adjustments and present findings that decision-makers can work through.
What the Report Examines
Normalized Earnings
Reported EBITDA, proposed add-backs, nonrecurring items and the support for each material adjustment.
Revenue Quality
Revenue trends, customer concentration, unusual transactions and potential cutoff issues.
Cash and Working Capital
Cash conversion, receivables, payables, working capital trends and potential debt-like items, according to scope.
The report is designed to support a transaction discussion. It does not replace a financial statement audit, legal due diligence, tax advice or an independent valuation.
Choose the Level of Review
Each package has a defined scope and fixed fee. Pricing assumes one operating company, records supplied electronically and a reasonably complete initial document set. Complex consolidations, substantial bookkeeping cleanup and additional entities require a separate quote.
Earnings Review
$7,500
A focused review for an initial acquisition screen or seller preparation.
- Up to two fiscal years plus available year-to-date results
- Reported-to-adjusted EBITDA bridge
- Review of up to ten proposed add-backs
- High-level revenue and margin trends
- Key questions and document gaps
- Written findings memo and one review call
Select Earnings Review
Comprehensive Single-Company Review
Transaction QoE
$15,000
A fuller earnings review for a live purchase, sale or financing process.
- Up to three fiscal years plus available year-to-date results
- Normalized EBITDA bridge and add-back testing
- Revenue, gross margin and customer concentration analysis
- Working capital and cash conversion review
- Identification of potential debt-like items
- Written report, supporting schedules and two review calls
Select Transaction QoE
Transaction Diligence Plus
$30,000
Expanded analysis for a negotiated transaction with deeper diligence needs.
- Up to three fiscal years plus available year-to-date results
- All Transaction QoE analyses
- Monthly earnings and working capital analysis
- Deeper review of major customers and revenue cohorts
- Transaction issues register and management questions
- Report, supporting schedules and three review calls
- One round of responses to written buyer or lender questions
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Scope and delivery
The fixed fee covers the selected package. Delivery dates are agreed after engagement acceptance, payment confirmation and receipt of a usable document set. Extra entities, unsupported records, reconstruction of books, site visits, forensic work and material scope changes are quoted separately.
How the Engagement Works
- Select a package and submit the order form.
Tell us about the company and the purpose of the report.
- Continue to payment.
After successful submission, you will be redirected to our payment page. Pay by US domestic wire or SWIFT in USD, or by SEPA in EUR.
- Complete onboarding.
We confirm the scope, issue engagement documents and provide a secure route for financial records.
- Review the findings.
We deliver the agreed report and discuss the material adjustments and open items.
Do not submit financial statements, tax records, personal identification or confidential transaction files through this order form. Those materials are requested separately after onboarding.
Order a Quality of Earnings Report
Choose your package and provide the details needed to open the file. Once the form is successfully submitted, you will be redirected to our payment page.
Submission does not itself process payment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this an audit?
No. A quality of earnings review analyzes information supplied for a defined transaction purpose. It is not an audit, review engagement or assurance opinion on financial statements.
Can a seller order a report?
Yes. A seller may use a report to identify earnings adjustments, documentation gaps and questions likely to arise during buyer diligence. The intended audience and permitted use are set out in the engagement terms.
What documents will you request?
Typically, financial statements, monthly management accounts, general ledger exports, revenue detail, customer concentration data, bank statements and support for proposed add-backs. The exact request depends on the package and transaction.
What if the company has several entities?
The published package prices cover one operating company. Tell us how many entities are involved in the form. We will quote any additional consolidation or entity-level work before it begins.
When do I pay?
After submitting the order form, you are redirected to our payment page. You can use US domestic wire or SWIFT for a USD payment, or SEPA for a EUR payment. For SEPA, wait for the confirmed EUR invoice amount before sending funds. Include your company name and package in the transfer reference.
Does payment guarantee a particular EBITDA figure or transaction outcome?
No. The report presents findings supported by the information reviewed. It does not guarantee an earnings adjustment, valuation, loan approval or completed transaction.