Leapfrog Enterprises's EBITDA per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2015 was $-0.54.
Its EBITDA per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 was $-2.26.
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The historical rank and industry rank for Leapfrog Enterprises's EBITDA per Share or its related term are showing as below:
LF's 3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate is not ranked *
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 5.4 * Ranked among companies with meaningful 3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate only.
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Leapfrog Enterprises EBITDA per Share Historical Data
The historical data trend for Leapfrog Enterprises's EBITDA per Share 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.
EBITDA per Share is the amount of Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) per outstanding share of the company's stock.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is what the company earns before it expenses interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Leapfrog Enterprises's EBITDA per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2015 is calculated as
EBITDA per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-2.26
* 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.
Leapfrog Enterprises (NYSE:LF) EBITDA per Share Explanation
EBITDA is a cash flow measure that ignores changes in working capital. EBITDA minus Depreciation, and Amortization (DA) equals EBIT. EBIT 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.
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Leapfrog Enterprises (Leapfrog Enterprises) Business Description
Leapfrog Enterprises Inc was incorporated in 1997 in the State of Delaware. The Company is a developer of educational entertainment for children. It designs, develops, and markets technology-based learning products and related proprietary content for children around the world. It organizes, operates and assesses its business in two segments namely United States and International. The U.S. segment is responsible for the development, design, sales and marketing of multimedia learning platforms and related content, as well as learning toys, sold in the U.S. This segment markets and sells products directly to national and regional mass-market and specialty retailers and other retail stores and distributors. This segment also sells products through online store, App Center, and other Internet-based channels. The International segment is responsible for the localization, sales and marketing of multimedia learning platforms and related content, as well as learning toys, originally developed for the U.S. This segment markets and sells products to national and regional mass-market and specialty retailers and other outlets through the Company's offices in the United Kingdom, France, Canada and Mexico, as well as through distributors in various markets such as Australia, South Africa and Spain. The Company's multimedia learning platform products include features that facilitate learning experiences provided by libraries available in cartridge, print and digitally-downloadable forms. The LeapPad learning tablet line is children's learning tablets for children's aging three to nine, with built-in cameras for taking photographs and videos, and age-appropriate on-board content and utilities. LeapPad tablets are compatible with cartridge and digital content designed for LeapPads from LeapFrog Learning Library. The Company launched LeapPad3, a new version of 5 screen tablet line featuring a capacitive screen and faster processor, and LeapPad Ultra XDi, a revised version of LeapPad Ultra. The learning toys are generally designed for children from birth to age four and combine education, innovation and the joy of play. While the Company's products compete in the learning toy and electronic learning-aids markets, the multimedia learning platforms increasingly compete in a broader arena with a variety of consumer electronics products including tablet computers, eBook readers, mobile devices and gaming platforms. It also faces increased competition from creators of digital applications, software and content for children.
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