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Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate : 9.30% (As of May. 2015)


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What is Family Dollar Stores 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate?

Family Dollar Stores's EBITDA per Share for the three months ended in May. 2015 was €1.61.

During the past 12 months, Family Dollar Stores's average EBITDA Per Share Growth Rate was -18.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA Per Share Growth Rate was -1.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA Per Share Growth Rate was 9.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA Per Share Growth Rate was 12.10% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average EBITDA per share growth rate.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA Per Share Growth Rate of Family Dollar Stores was 28.80% per year. The lowest was -1.60% per year. And the median was 14.60% per year.


Competitive Comparison of Family Dollar Stores's 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Family Dollar Stores's 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate, along with its competitors' market caps and 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate data, can be viewed below:

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Family Dollar Stores's 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Family Dollar Stores's 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate distribution charts can be found below:

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Family Dollar Stores 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate Calculation

This is the 5-year average growth rate of EBITDA per Share. The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.

Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the average EBITDA per share growth rate.


Family Dollar Stores  (FRA:FAY) 5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate Explanation

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.

5-Year EBITDA Growth Rate gives an overview of the company's growth in operating profitability and is an important factor used in calculating Peter Lynch Fair Value.


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Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) Business Description

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Family Dollar Stores Inc was incorporated in November 1959. The Company provides consumers with a selection of competitively priced merchandise in convenient neighbourhood stores. Its merchandise assortment includes Consumables, Home Products, Apparel and Accessories, and Seasonal and Electronics. It classifies the combination of Home Products, Apparel and Accessories, and Seasonal and Electronics as Discretionary. It operates general merchandise retail discount stores in 46 states, serving the basic needs of customers primarily in the low- and middle-income brackets. The stores are supported by 11 distribution centers and one Store Support Center. It competes for sales and store locations in varying degrees with international, national, regional and local retailing establishments, other discount stores, department stores, variety stores, dollar stores, discount clothing stores, drug stores, grocery stores, convenience stores, outlet stores, warehouse stores and other stores. The Company's trademark includes Family Dollar and Family Dollar Stores. Its business is subject to federal, state, local, and international laws, rules, and regulations, such as state and local wage and hour laws, anti-corruption laws, import and export laws, unclaimed property laws, and many others.

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