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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.
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).
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 ...
Investors should use a variety of tools for understanding a company's valuation before buying its stock. One of those valuation measurements is called EBITDA, an acronym for "earnings before ...
If you've read or listened to the earnings reports of companies you follow, you've probably heard the term "EBITDA." But what exactly does it mean, and why is it important? Why do some companies ...
Start by calculating your seller's discretionary earnings (SDE). SDE is like earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), with the owner's salary and benefits added ...
Enterprise value/EBITDA (more commonly referred to by the acronym EV/EBITDA) is a popular valuation multiple used to determine the fair market value of a company. By contrast to the more widely available P/E ratio (price-earnings ratio) it includes debt as part of the value of the company in the numerator and excludes costs such as the need to replace depreciating plant, interest on debt, and ...
EBITDA, which is not required to be included in an income statement, focuses on the operating performance of a business. Revenue, which is always reported on a business income statement, consists ...