February 2007
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 32m
English
book
Crash Course in Accounting and Financial Statement Analysis, Second Edition
by Matan Feldman, Arkady Libman
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EBITDA: Popular Measure of a Company’s Financial Performance
By eliminating the effects of financial leverage (debt), taxes, and capital investments (D&A expenses), EBITDA is viewed by many as a good indicator of core operating profitability of a company.
EBITDA Is Used Widely in AnalysisEBITDA became a popular financial metric with the introduction of leveraged buyouts (LBOs) in the 1980s, when it was used to indicate the ability of a company to service debt by LBO firms and lenders. EBITDA/Sales ratio, for example, can be used to find the most efficient operator in a particular industry. EBITDA can be used to analyze and compare profitability trends of different companies across industries over time. Through such ratios as Debt/EBITDA and EBITDA/Interest Expense, EBITDA is a popular proxy for a company’s ability to take on debt. |
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