Understanding Earnings or Ebitda

How to Use EBITDA to Value Your Company

It's not the only number potential buyers look at, but EBITDA will give you a solid idea of how they'll start evaluating your business. Read more

Benchmark Your Profits

Here's how companies in 12 industries are faring, plus tips. Read more

Norm Brodsky Explains Turns of EBITDA

What are turns of EBITDA, and why should you care? Our columnist explains. Read more

Recent Understanding Earnings or Ebitda Articles

The Real Value of Your Business

By Karl Stark and Bill Stewart | Dec 27, 2011

Measures like Price-Earnings Ratio and EBITDA multiples are just gross generalizations of the value of your business. Here's how to determine the real value. Read more

Book Review: Islands of Profit In a Sea of Red Ink

By Leigh Buchanan | Oct 1, 2010

Author Jonathan L. S. Byrnes addresses why 40 percent of your business is unprofitable. Read more

Case Study: When Your Bank Stops Lending

By Nitasha Tiku | Jul 1, 2009

When Able Planet's bank pulled his $2.5 million line of credit, founder Kevin Semcken had to think fast. Read more

Cranking Up the Earnings

By Bobbie Gossage | Oct 1, 2004

Forget revenue growth. For VCs these days, it's the EBITDA, stupid . Read more

Boosting Performance with Critical Numbers

By John Case | Dec 11, 1999

Learn how to figure out your company's critical numbers -- and how to use them to build a stronger company. Read more

Keeping Sales Growth Profitable

By Jill Andresky Fraser | Sep 1, 1992

Analyzing comprehensive costs before accepting new business. Read more

Margin Management

By Bruce G. Posner | Feb 1, 1987

Frustrated with trying to run your company on a budget? Jim McManus has a better way: focus on gross margin. Read more

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