Businesses valued with new COVID-19 metrics
Gary E. Miller
Nationally recognized M&A expert serving middle market business owners boards and CEOs throughout the U.S.
The Denver Post
by Gary Miller, GEM Strategy Management, Inc.
PUBLISHED May 31, 2020
Unquestionably, COVID-19 pandemic has negatively affected all aspects of our lives. In the business community, revenues, earnings, and valuations have plummeted affecting governments, most businesses, and individuals alike. As both public and privately held companies search for additional debt capacity and/or potential buyers, the COVID-19 pandemic has and is affecting debt terms and availability, company valuations, and purchase prices paid for companies.
As a result of this current environment, a new financial metric for measuring financial performance has been created. It is called EBITDAC (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, Coronavirus/COVID-19) or Adjusted EBITDA. Companies have always tried to flatter their financial performance and earnings by using various accounting treatments. So, creating a new financial performance metric, EBITDAC, is no surprise. Currently, a great deal of discussion and controversy among the largest investment banks, accounting firms, and financial centers is being debated as to whether this new, non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) metric is appropriate during this pandemic crisis. READ MORE . .
Nationally recognized M&A expert serving middle market business owners boards and CEOs throughout the U.S.
4 年Thanks much for your insight.
Maybe it should be EBITDAR, "R" for reality. There are some accounting realities that were in place, something called a "reorg asset" after bankruptcy that could be amortized. Not sure if that concept is still in place, but may be a good idea. Valuation gurus, please chime in!