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Ruby Tuesday (Ruby Tuesday) EBITDA : $-36.3 Mil (TTM As of Aug. 2017)


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What is Ruby Tuesday EBITDA?

Ruby Tuesday's EBITDA for the three months ended in Aug. 2017 was $-0.4 Mil. Its EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2017 was $-36.3 Mil.

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Ruby Tuesday's EBITDA per Share for the three months ended in Aug. 2017 was $-0.01. Its EBITDA per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2017 was $-0.60.

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Ruby Tuesday EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ruby Tuesday'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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Ruby Tuesday EBITDA Chart

Ruby Tuesday Annual Data
Trend May08 May09 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14 May15 May16 May17
EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 41.37 -12.23 47.29 -1.50 -66.08

Ruby Tuesday Quarterly Data
Nov12 Feb13 May13 Aug13 Nov13 Feb14 May14 Aug14 Nov14 Feb15 May15 Aug15 Nov15 Feb16 May16 Aug16 Nov16 Feb17 May17 Aug17
EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -30.16 -27.43 -9.77 1.28 -0.37

Competitive Comparison of Ruby Tuesday's EBITDA

For the Restaurants subindustry, Ruby Tuesday'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.


Ruby Tuesday's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

For the Restaurants industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ruby Tuesday's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ruby Tuesday'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.

Ruby Tuesday's EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2017 is calculated as

Ruby Tuesday's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the fiscal year ended in May. 2017, Ruby Tuesday's EBITDA was $-66.1 Mil.

Ruby Tuesday's EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2017 is calculated as

Ruby Tuesday's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the quarter ended in Aug. 2017, Ruby Tuesday's EBITDA was $-0.4 Mil.

EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Aug. 2017 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-36.3 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.

Ruby Tuesday  (NYSE:RT) 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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Ruby Tuesday (Ruby Tuesday) Business Description

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Ruby Tuesday Inc was incorporated in the state of Georgia. The first Ruby Tuesday(r) restaurant was opened in 1972 in Knoxville, Tennessee near the campus of the University of Tennessee. The Company owns, operates and franchises the Ruby Tuesday casual dining restaurant chain. The Company is subject to a variety of federal, state, and international laws governing franchise sales and the franchise relationship.
Executives
Rhonda J Parish officer: See Remarks 203 EAST MAINST P 12-02, SPARTANBURG SC 29319
Bernard Jr Lanigan director 150 WEST CHURCH AVENUE, MARYVILLE TN 37801
Cardwell F Lane Jr director C/O RUBY TUESDAY, INC., 150 WEST CHURCH AVENUE, MARYVILLE TN 37801
Stephen I Sadove director
James J Buettgen director, officer: President & Chief Exec Officer 150 WEST CHURCH AVE, MARYVILLE TN 37801
Jill Golder officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 305 HARTMANN DRIVE, LEBANON TN 37087
Scarlett May officer: SVP,Chief Legal Officer & Sec. 26901 MALIBU HILLS ROAD, CALABASAS HILLS CA 91301
Todd Burrowes officer: RT Concept Pres,Chief Ops Ofcr 150 WEST CHURCH AVENUE, MARYVILLE TN 37801
Matthew A Drapkin director 10 CORBIN DRIVE, 3RD FLOOR, DARIEN CT 06820
Michael O Moore officer: EVP - Chief Financial Officer 150 W CHURCH AVE, RUBY TUESDAY, INC., MARYVILLE TN 37801
Kimberly Grant officer: Pres.,Ruby Tuesday Concept 150 WEST CHURCH AVENUE, MARYVILLE TN 37801
Steven R Becker director 5525 NAKOMA DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75209
Beall Samuel E Iii director, officer: Chief Executive Officer RUBY TUESDAY INC 150 WEST CHURCH AVE MARYVILLE TN 37801
Donald R Ratajczak director THE HARTSFIELD COLONNADE, 4893 RIVERDALE RD STE 260, ATLANTA GA 30337
Haslam James A Iii director 165 MADISON AVENUE, MEMPHIS TN 38103

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