The EV/EBITDA of Future Retail Limited is N/A
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.
Future Retail Limited engages in retailing fashion, household, food, and consumer products in India. The company operates hypermarkets under the Big Bazaar and Big Bazaar GEN NXT brands; supermarkets under the HyperCity and foodworld brands; neighborhood food and grocery stores under the Easyday Club and Heritage Fresh brand names; fashion stores under the fbb brand; lifestyle food superstore under the Foodhall brand; and travel convenience stores under the WH Smith brand. It also operates lifestyle consumer electronics stores under the name eZone brand name. As of March 31, 2021, the company operated 1,308 stores comprising 285 Big Bazaar/ Hypercity stores, 88 fbb stores, 8 Foodhall, and 927 small format stores. The company was formerly known as Bharti Retail Limited and changed its name to Future Retail Limited in May 2016. Future Retail Limited was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Mumbai, India.