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How to calculate Enterprise Value correctly: So now we have all ingredients to correctly calculate Enterprise Value: a. Equity Market cap PLUS b. Financial debt (long + short term) PLUS c. minorities, preferred PLUS d. financial leases and operating leases PLUS e. pension deficit or unfunded pension liabilities PLUS f. any other fixed liability which has to be repaid independently of the business success MINUS g. cash or cash equivalents MINUS h. “extra assets”, assets not required to run the business Of course, EBITDA has to be adjusted as well in order to make usefull comparisons. Basically we have to add back leasing expenses and pension expenses to EBITDA in order to compare the ratio against other companies. Summary: Standard screening EV/EBITDA does omit various relevant elements of an “economical” Enterprise value. Adjusting it for relevant items will prevent an investor to end up with relativ obvious value traps. I am willing to bet that a back test on the adjusted EV/EBITDA ratios would generate even better results than the “standard” EV/EBITDA calculations.

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How to calculate Enterprise Value correctly:

So now we have all ingredients to correctly calculate Enterprise Value:

a. Equity Market capPLUSb. Financial debt (long + short term)PLUSc. minorities, preferredPLUSd. financial leases and operating leases PLUSe. pension deficit or unfunded pension liabilities PLUSf. any other fixed liability which has to be repaid independently of the business success

MINUSg. cash or cash equivalentsMINUSh. “extra assets”, assets not required to run the business

Of course, EBITDA has to be adjusted as well in order to make usefull comparisons.

Basically we have to add back leasing expenses and pension expenses to EBITDA in order to compare the ratio against other companies.

Summary:

Standard screening EV/EBITDA does omit various relevant elements of an “economical” Enterprise value. Adjusting it for relevant items will prevent an investor to end up with relativ obvious value traps.

I am willing to bet that a back test on the adjusted EV/EBITDA ratios would generate even better results than the “standard” EV/EBITDA calculations.