EBITDA

April 21, 2017

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EBITDA or earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization, helps to gauge how a company is operating and performing. When looking at this, you can evaluate how an company is preforming without taking into account decision related to finance or tax. Another way to look at it is net income with everything from interest to tax. Many valuation firms will use EBITDA in the numbers to help people gain an understanding of how the company has been doing compared to years past.

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Another way to use EBITDA is to compare it with other companies in the industry. When comparing companies, you want to ensure you are compare apples to apples and this data point allows you to do so. When looking at EBITDA, remember it is non-GAAP and it allows for discretion in what is used to formulate the total. When you look at the EBITDA, you want to ensure it is not too far off from the past years as that could indicate something is wrong with the company or good, if it skews to far one way.

How important is Companhia Energética's Liquidity

Companhia Energética financial leverage refers to using borrowed capital as a funding source to finance Companhia Energtica de ongoing operations. It is usually used to expand the firm's asset base and generate returns on borrowed capital. Companhia Energética financial leverage is typically calculated by taking the company's all interest-bearing debt and dividing it by total capital. So the higher the debt-to-capital ratio (i.e., financial leverage), the riskier the company. Financial leverage can amplify the potential profits to Companhia Energética's owners, but it also increases the potential losses and risk of financial distress, including bankruptcy, if the firm cannot cover its debt costs. The degree of Companhia Energética's financial leverage can be measured in several ways, including by ratios such as the debt-to-equity ratio (total debt / total equity), equity multiplier (total assets / total equity), or the debt ratio (total debt / total assets). Please check the breakdown between Companhia Energética's total debt and its cash.

How is Companhia allocating its cash?

To perform a cash flow analysis of Companhia Energética, investors first need to understand how to read the cash flow statement. A cash flow statement shows the amount of cash Companhia Energética is receiving and how much cash it distributes out in a given period. The Companhia Energética cash flow statement breaks down these inflows and outflows into different buckets, including operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities.

In the end, there are many different data points you can use and EBITDA is one of the most popular and many valuation firms use it in their analysis. Be sure to use many different sets of data because even something little could miss here but hit another data point. The goal is to achieve the most well rounded opinion about the company and learn about the major details. Regardless, test out all the data points and find what fits you the best. After that, you can tweak and adjust to either incorporate EBITDA or leave it out.

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