Uber Technologies Inc.’s finance chief said the ride-sharing and delivery company is focused on boosting its revenue and income after achieving an important profitability milestone during its latest quarter.

Finance chiefs these days have a range of options to lead their companies to the public markets, with each approach bringing its own set of pros and cons to consider. Bankers, executives and analysts last week offered tips on going public and a host of other issues that chief financial officers may face at the SoftBank Vision Fund’s FinConnect Summit near Los Angeles.

SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund has poured billions of dollars into startups and later-stage companies. After recovering last year from losses related to the coronavirus pandemic, the fund suffered in recent months after Chinese regulators cracked down on a range of consumer-facing businesses that hurt SoftBank’s investments. Navneet Govil, the CFO of the Vision Fund, this week invited the finance chiefs of some portfolio companies to California.

Coty Inc.’s finance chief plans to slash the cosmetics giant’s debt further, a move aimed at reassuring investors that the company is on track with its turnaround.

Hershey Co. expects to grow its business and find some cost synergies, particularly in areas such as sourcing of ingredients and machinery, with its recent acquisitions of two snack makers, Chief Financial Officer Steve Voskuil said.