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Alcatel-Lucent (Alcatel-Lucent) EV-to-EBITDA : -9.48 (As of Apr. 25, 2024)


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What is Alcatel-Lucent EV-to-EBITDA?

EV-to-EBITDA is calculated as enterprise value divided by its EBITDA. As of today, Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise value is $10,506 Mil. Alcatel-Lucent's EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 was $-1,108 Mil. Therefore, Alcatel-Lucent's EV-to-EBITDA for today is -9.48.

The historical rank and industry rank for Alcatel-Lucent's EV-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ALU's EV-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 13.06
* Ranked among companies with meaningful EV-to-EBITDA only.

EV-to-EBITDA is a valuation multiple used in finance and investment to measure the value of a company. This important multiple is often used in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, the PE Ratio to determine the fair market value of a company.

As of today (2024-04-25), Alcatel-Lucent's stock price is $3.46. Alcatel-Lucent's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 was $0.092. Therefore, Alcatel-Lucent's PE Ratio for today is 37.61.

The "classic" EV-to-EBITDA is much better in capturing debt and net cash than the PE Ratio.


Alcatel-Lucent EV-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alcatel-Lucent's EV-to-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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Alcatel-Lucent EV-to-EBITDA Chart

Alcatel-Lucent Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
EV-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.68 -8.98 -24.98 12.43 11.73

Alcatel-Lucent Quarterly Data
Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Jun16
EV-to-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 17.24 14.75 26.14 11.73 -13.60

Competitive Comparison of Alcatel-Lucent's EV-to-EBITDA

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Alcatel-Lucent'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.


Alcatel-Lucent's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Alcatel-Lucent's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Alcatel-Lucent's EV-to-EBITDA falls into.



Alcatel-Lucent EV-to-EBITDA Calculation

Alcatel-Lucent's EV-to-EBITDA for today is calculated as:

EV-to-EBITDA=Enterprise Value (Today)/EBITDA (TTM)
=10505.736/-1107.973
=-9.48

Alcatel-Lucent's current Enterprise Value is $10,506 Mil.
Alcatel-Lucent's EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-1,108 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.


Alcatel-Lucent  (NYSE:ALU) EV-to-EBITDA Explanation

EV-to-EBITDA is a valuation multiple used in finance and investment to measure the value of a company. This important multiple is often used in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, the PE Ratio to determine the fair market value of a company.

Alcatel-Lucent's PE Ratio for today is calculated as:

PE Ratio=Share Price (Today)/Earnings per Share (Diluted) (TTM)
=3.46/0.092
=37.61

Alcatel-Lucent's share price for today is $3.46.
Alcatel-Lucent's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2016 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.092.

* 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.

Study has found that the companies with the lowest EV-to-EBITDA outperforms companies measured as cheap by other ratios such as PE Ratio.

Please read Which price ratio outperforms the enterprise multiple?


Alcatel-Lucent EV-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Alcatel-Lucent (Alcatel-Lucent) Business Description

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Alcatel-Lucent SA was incorporated on June 18, 1898. The Company is engaged in designing, manufacturing, operations and sales of equipment, material and software related to domestic, industrial, civil, military or other applications concerning electricity, telecommunications, computers, electronics, aerospace industry, nuclear energy, metallurgy, and, in general, of all the means of production or transmission of energy or communication. The Company's core Networking segment includes three business divisions: IP Routing, IP Transport and IP Platforms. The IP ROUTING focus is on the intelligent IP router market and emerging Software Defined Networking (SDN) markets and related professional services. In IP TRANSPORT segment company designs, manufactures and markets optical networking equipment to transport information over fiber optic connections over long distances on land or under sea, as well as for short distances in metropolitan and regional areas. The portfolio also includes related professional services and microwave wireless transmission equipment. In IP PLATFORMS, the Company offers software and services to service providers that allow them to meet the market evolution needs of mobile and fixed networks. The Company's access segment includes four business divisions: WIRELESS are committed to a wireless access portfolio that is suited to the operators that are moving to 4G/LTE quickly and decisively. FIXED ACCESS IP-based fixed access products and related professional services provides support for both DSL and fiber, allowing service providers to extend Ultra-Broadband access to the customer's premise regardless of technology and to seamlessly combine copper and fiber access technologies and FTTx deployment models to achieve the fastest return-on-investment and time-to-market. In LICENSING the Intellectual Property Business Group works to monetize the patent portfolio through licensing and patent sales while also maintaining and prosecuting patents. The managed services portfolio includes Build-Operate-Manage-Transfer (BOMT) Solutions, Operations Transformation Solutions, and Network Operations Services. These services can be delivered across a wide array of network technologies including Network Access (FTTx), Next generation wireless (LTE, Small Cells, 4G), and IP Networks. The Company's Other segment includes Enterprise and Government businesses to provide end-to-end products, solutions and services for small, medium, large and extra-large companies to improve conversations and collaboration across employees, customers and partners. The Company sells all of its products and services to the world's telecommunications service providers through its direct sales force. The Company's competitors include Avaya, Cisco Systems, Ericsson, Fujitsu, Huawei, Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN), Samsung, Adtran, Calix, Ciena, Juniper, Ericsson and Huawei.

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