Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (alternatively written as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization; also known by its acronym, EBITDA) is one of financial indicators.

Definitions

According to Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition),

EBITDA. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),

EBITDA. An acronym for earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

Related concepts

• Financial management. A combination of enterprise efforts undertaken in order to procure and utilize monetary resources of the enterprise.

Related lectures

• Introduction to Financial Management.