We don’t use EBITDA here since interest expense is often part of the core business. For FIG companies, interest expense is often the cost of the capital which they will invest, almost like a cost of goods sold. They will try to achieve a higher return than their cost of capital, similar to how a [...

In addition to the usual multiples such as EV / EBITDA, P / E, EV / revenue, P / Book Value, and P / Tangible Book Value, a very common multiple to use in consumer retail is EV / EBITDAR. EBITDAR is EBITDA before rent expense. Since some companies will rent their stores and others […]...

You would use common multiples such as P/E, EV / EBITDA and EV / Revenue. For many technology companies that are still growing and not experiencing positive EBITDA or earnings, EV / revenue may be a more relevant multiple. Also, it may make sense to focus on a variety of forward multiples; it is com...

EV / EBITDA is generally a better metric than P/E because EBITDA is a proxy for operating cash flow. EBITDA is also: Before interest, therefore capital structure neutral Before taxes, therefore tax jurisdiction neutral Before depreciation and amortization (D&A), therefore accounting policy neutr...

Options provide the right to buy a stock at a given exercise price. If the stock price is at the exercise price or higher, then they are in-the-money. If the stock price is at the exercise price or higher, then they are out-the-money. If the options are in-the-money, then using the treasury stock me...

Convertible bonds are bonds that convert into equity after the stock price reaches the conversion price. If the stock price never reaches as high as the conversion price, then the convertible bonds will continue to be debt. If the convertible bonds are “in-the-money”, meaning that the stock pric...

In practice, preferred equity is more similar to debt because it earns a fixed yield. However, it is technically classified as equity by the banks, so issuing preferred equity is a way to gain access to a debt-like instrument without hurting the company’s debt-to-equity ratio. It also offers maxim...

Yes, this is possible if the stock price has declined so much that the market capitalization, calculated as # of shares x stock price, is lower than the original book value of shareholder’s equity. The book value of shareholder’s equity is recorded at the amount of the initial investment. In oth...