Editor’s Take: Charts, Change and a Little Controversy

On the other hand, if XYZ Catalog Co. grew 50 percent in sales last year, that’s all well and good. Perhaps if you’re in the market for a catalog acquisition, it’s worth a closer look to see if it’s up for sale. It also may have grown that fast because it either acquired another company or got a nice injection of venture capital. And it may now be overpriced. (Besides, not too many sales charts will show you what a company’s EBITDA has been, and that’s certainly a crucial growth gauge as well.)