IN BRIEF Before a lender meets a borrower, it has usually already calculated three numbers: how many years of earnings the debt represents, how many times earnings cover the interest, and how comfortably the cash the business generates covers every payment due. Most chief executives walk into the meeting without knowing any of them....
Why Caribbean CEOs Must Read Ratios, Not Just Results IN BRIEF Almost no business is sold, refinanced or valued on the EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) in its accounts. It is valued on an adjusted figure, after owner costs, one-off events and planned savings have been added back. Some adjustments are legitimate...
The Difference Is the Cost of Standing Still. IN BRIEF Two businesses can report the same EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) and be worth very different amounts, because one must spend a large share of it every year simply to keep its buildings, vehicles and equipment standing. EBITA (earnings before interest, tax...
Why the region’s growth constraint is not a shortage of viable enterprises — but a shortage of appropriate capital structure Walk into any boardroom from Kingston to Port of Spain to Bridgetown and you will hear a version of the same conversation. The business is sound. The market opportunity is real. The asset — the...
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