5yr Growth EBITDA

5-Year EBITDA Growth definition: compound annual growth rate of EBITDA over five years. Identifies companies with sustained earnings power growth — a quality and momentum signal.

5yr Growth EBITDA equals the five year geometric average growth rate of a company’s Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA). It is shown as a percentage, for example 3.3%.

The geometric average gives you the growth over the period by using the product of their values (as opposed to the arithmetic average which uses their sum). We use the geometric mean because it penalises (negative growth) declined much more than the arithmetic mean does.

 

We USE Approximating Geometric Mean

We use a useful formula for finding the approximate geometric mean, as we already have the arithmetic mean and the standard deviation.

It is: Geometric Mean = arithmetic mean - 0.5 × (standard deviation)². It gives results very close to the correct Geometric Mean.

 

How to use the ratio

Available as a screening ratio: Yes

Available as an output column ratio: Yes (Look for it under the Growth heading)

 

How to select companies the highest growth in EBITDA over 5 years

To find companies with the highest EBITDA growth rate over five years set the slider from 0% to 10%.

 

Remember:

All ratios are calculated on a trailing 12 months (TTM) basis.

This means the last twelve months (not the company’s financial year) is compared to the same period in the past.

We do this to make sure you screen on the most up to date financial results of the company.

 

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