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  2. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization

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    A company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (commonly abbreviated EBITDA, [1] pronounced / ˈ iː b ɪ t d ɑː,-b ə-, ˈ ɛ-/ [2]) is a measure of a company's profitability of the operating business only, thus before any effects of indebtedness, state-mandated payments, and costs required to maintain its asset base.

  3. Earnings before interest and taxes - Wikipedia

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    A professional investor contemplating a change to the capital structure of a firm (e.g., through a leveraged buyout) first evaluates a firm's fundamental earnings potential (reflected by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and EBIT), and then determines the optimal use of debt versus equity (equity value).

  4. Free cash flow - Wikipedia

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    Unlevered free cash flow (i.e., cash flows before interest payments) is defined as EBITDA − CAPEX − changes in net working capital − taxes. This is the generally accepted definition. If there are mandatory repayments of debt, then some analysts utilize levered free cash flow, which is the same formula above, but less interest and ...

  5. Financial capital - Wikipedia

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    Capital contributed by the owner or entrepreneur of a business, and obtained, for example, by means of savings or inheritance, is known as own capital or equity, whereas that which is granted by another person or institution via debt instruments is called borrowed capital, and this must usually be paid back with interest.

  6. Corporate tax - Wikipedia

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    For example, assume a corporation earns profits of 100 before interest expense and would normally distribute 50 to shareholders. If the corporation is structured so that deductible interest of 50 is payable to the shareholders, it will cut its tax to half the amount due if it merely paid a dividend.

  7. Cash flow - Wikipedia

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    Changing in net working capital: it is the cost or revenue related to the company's short-term asset like inventory. Capital spending: this is the cost or gain related to the company's fix asset such as the cash used to buy a new equipment or the cash which is gained from selling an old equipment.

  8. Financial ratio - Wikipedia

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    EBITDA = Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, ... Liquidity ratios measure the availability of cash to pay debt. Current ratio (Working Capital Ratio) [18]

  9. Partnership accounting - Wikipedia

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    A capital interest is an interest that would give the holder a share of the proceeds in either of the following situations: The owner withdraws from the partnership. The partnership liquidates. The mere right to share in earnings and profits is not a capital interest in the partnership.