American Vanguard's EBITDA for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $19.5 Mil.
Its EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $46.6 Mil.
During the past 12 months, the average EBITDA Growth Rate of American Vanguard was -28.90% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 2.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 1.30% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 4.40% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA Growth Rate of American Vanguard was 115.90% per year. The lowest was -41.60% per year. And the median was 11.70% per year.
American Vanguard's EBITDA per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.69.
Its EBITDA per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.65.
During the past 12 months, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of American Vanguard was -25.50% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 4.20% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 1.90% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 4.20% per year.
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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of American Vanguard was 111.80% per year. The lowest was -41.50% per year. And the median was 7.20% per year.
American Vanguard EBITDA Historical Data
The historical data trend for American Vanguard's EBITDA can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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American Vanguard Annual Data
Trend
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Dec22
Dec23
EBITDA
44.86
43.29
57.00
65.51
46.58
American Vanguard Quarterly Data
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Sep22
Dec22
Mar23
Jun23
Sep23
Dec23
EBITDA
13.14
8.72
9.13
9.31
19.46
Competitive Comparison
For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, American Vanguard's EV-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
American Vanguard EV-to-EBITDA Distribution
For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, American Vanguard's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where American Vanguard's EV-to-EBITDA falls into.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is what the company earns before it expenses interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
American Vanguard's EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
American Vanguard's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the fiscal year ended in Dec. 2023, American Vanguard's EBITDA was $46.6 Mil.
American Vanguard's EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as
American Vanguard's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the quarter ended in Dec. 2023, American Vanguard's EBITDA was $19.5 Mil.
EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $46.6 Mil.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Sometimes companies may have already deducted Depreciation and Amortization from Gross Profit. In this case Depreciation and Amortization needs to be added back when calculating EBITDA.
American Vanguard (NYSE:AVD) EBITDA Explanation
EBITDA is a cash flow measure that ignores changes in working capital. EBITDA minus Depreciation, and Amortization (DA) equals Operating Income. Operating Income is profit before interest and taxes. Of course, Interest and taxes need to be paid.
While depreciation and amortization expenses do not need to be paid in cash, assets - especially tangible assets - do need to be replaced over time. EBITDA is not a measure of profit in any sense. EBITDA is a measure of cash generation by a business where the uses of that cash may be more or less discretionary depending on the nature of the business.
The EBITDA of a TV station is largely discretionary. Owners may use much of the EBITDA generated by a TV station as they see fit. The EBITDA of a railroad is largely non-discretionary. Owners must use much of the EBITDA generated by a railroad to replace the physical assets of the railroad or the business will literally fall apart over time.
EBITDA can be thought of as the cash a business generates that is available to:
Add more inventory
Add more receivables
Replace property, plant, and equipment
Add more property, plant, and equipment
Pay interest
Pay taxes
And finally: pay owners
EBITDA is widely used in financial analysis because Depreciation and Amortization are not present day cash expenses.. Depreciation and amortization are the spreading out of the costs of assets over the time in which those assets provide benefits. Today's depreciation and amortization expenses relate to assets bought in the past. The assets being expensed may or may not need to be replaced in the future. And the cost to replace the assets may be more or less than it was in the past. For this reason, the depreciation and amortization expenses a company records in the present year may have no relationship to the actual cash costs needed to maintain its assets in future years.
A company's depreciation expense depends on both its expectations about the assets it owns and its choice of accounting methods. Two companies owning identical assets may have different depreciation expenses because they have different expectations about the useful lives of those assets and because they make different accounting choices.
Analysts use EBITDA to remove this element of personal choice from a company's accounting statements. The use of EBITDA is an attempt to make the results of different companies more comparable and uniform.
Be Aware
Although depreciation is not a cash cost it is a real business cost because the company has to pay for the fixed assets when they purchase them. Both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger hate the idea of EBITDA because in this calculation, depreciation is not counted as an expense.
EBITDA over Revenue is a good metric for comparing the operating efficiencies between companies because EBITDA is less vulnerable to companies' accounting choices. For this reason, EBITDA is used in ranking the Predictability of Companies. Also Price-to-EBITDA is sometimes used in valuations.
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American Vanguard (American Vanguard) Business Description
American Vanguard Corp is a United States-based diversified specialty and agricultural products company. It manufactures and formulates chemicals for crops, turf and ornamental plants, and human and animal health protection. These chemicals include insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, molluscicides, growth regulators, and soil fumigants, which are marketed in liquid, powder, and granular forms. The company generates a majority of its revenue from the sale of insecticides and herbicides.
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