Gresham House Strategic Plc EV/EBITDA
What is the EV/EBITDA of Gresham House Strategic Plc?
The EV/EBITDA of Gresham House Strategic Plc is N/A
What is the definition of EV/EBITDA?
EV/EBITDA is enterprise value divided by earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization. It is a measure of how expensive a stock is and is more frequently valid for comparisons across companies than the price to earnings ratio. It measures the price (in the form of enterprise value) an investor pays for the benefit of the company’s cash flow (in the form of EBITDA).
= enterprise value / EBITDA
Price to earnings ratios are impacted by a company's choice of capital structure - companies which raise money via debt will have lower P/Es (and therefore look cheaper) than companies that raise an equivalent amount of money by issuing shares, even though the two companies might have equivalent enterprise values. A sample case is when a company with debt were to raise money by issuing shares of stock, and then used the money to pay off the debt, this company's P/E ratio would shoot up because of the increased number of shares - although nothing about the fundamental value of the business has changed. EV / EBITDA is unaffected by capital structure as enterprise value includes the value of debt, and EBITDA is available to all investors (debt and equity) as it excludes interest payments on that debt. It is ideal for analysts and potential investors looking to compare companies within the same industry.
What does Gresham House Strategic Plc do?
Gresham House Strategic plc specializes in PIPE, pre-IPO, growth and acquisition, recovery capital investments. The fund invests in financial services, media, information and communication technology, digital information and technology, healthcare, and life sciences. It prefers to invest in companies based in United Kingdom and Europe and can also co-invest outside Europe with local venture capital firms. The fund also seeks to make follow on investments. It invests in companies with market capitalizations of less than £250 million ($283.87 million) and seeks to acquire stakes between 5% and 25% for cash or share consideration. It seeks to invest between three to five years. The fund invests in smaller public companies as well as private companies. It invests in public companies that are listed on FTSE All-share and AIM All-Share Index; stocks trading greater than 50% below 3 year price high; EV or EBITDA less than 7 times, gearing more than 75%, ROCE greater than 10%, FCF Yield greater than 10%. The fund invests in private companies in P2P opportunities, equity and equity-related instruments, preferred equity, preferred quasi equity positions including convertible and non-convertible debt instruments, and mezzanine preferred instruments. It attracts portfolio in scenarios - excluding cash, portfolio trades on a weighted average EV or EBITDA greater than 5 times; generating in excess of 10% growth in 2017 based on broker forecasts. The fund targets 15% net IRR over the long-term.