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FTC Solar (FTC Solar) EBITDA : $-46.00 Mil (TTM As of Mar. 2024)


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What is FTC Solar EBITDA?

FTC Solar's EBITDA for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-8.24 Mil. Its EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-46.00 Mil.

During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was -46.50% 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 EBITDA Growth Rate using EBITDA data.

During the past 5 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA Growth Rate of FTC Solar was -46.50% per year. The lowest was -97.30% per year. And the median was -71.90% per year.

FTC Solar's EBITDA per Share for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.07. Its EBITDA per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 was $-0.38.

During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was -23.20% 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 EBITDA per share growth rate using EBITDA per Share data.

During the past 5 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of FTC Solar was -23.20% per year. The lowest was -73.40% per year. And the median was -48.30% per year.


FTC Solar EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for FTC Solar'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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FTC Solar EBITDA Chart

FTC Solar Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
EBITDA
-12.67 -15.60 -105.37 -97.30 -49.00

FTC Solar Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -11.24 -10.18 -16.33 -11.26 -8.24

Competitive Comparison of FTC Solar's EBITDA

For the Solar subindustry, FTC Solar'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.


FTC Solar's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, FTC Solar's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where FTC Solar'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.

FTC Solar's EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

FTC Solar's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the fiscal year ended in Dec. 2023, FTC Solar's EBITDA was $-49.00 Mil.

FTC Solar's EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

FTC Solar's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the quarter ended in Mar. 2024, FTC Solar's EBITDA was $-8.24 Mil.

EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-46.00 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.

FTC Solar  (NAS:FTCI) 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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FTC Solar (FTC Solar) Business Description

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9020 N Capital of Texas Highway, Building 1, Suite 260, Austin, TX, USA, 78759
FTC Solar Inc is a global provider of advanced solar tracker systems, supported by proprietary software and value-added engineering services. It focuses on providing differentiated products, software and services that maximize energy generation and cost savings for customers, and to help facilitate the continued growth and adoption of solar power globally.
Executives
Robert Phelps Morris officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER C/O FTC SOLAR, INC., 9020 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY, SUITE I-250, AUSTIN TX 78759
Ahmad R Chatila director 3901 NO. FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Shaker Sadasivam director P O BOX 8, SAINT PETERS MO 63376
William A Priddy director C/O RF MICRO DEVICES, INC., 7628 THORNDIKE ROAD, GREENSBORO NC 27409
Cathy Behnen officer: CHIEF ACCOUNTING OFFICER 9020 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY, SUITE I-260, AUSTIN TX 78759
Sasan Aminpour officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O FTC SOLAR, INC., 9020 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY, SUITE I-260, AUSTIN TX 78759
Arc Family Trust 10 percent owner 9020 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY, SUITE I-260, AUSTIN TX 78759
Kristian Nolde officer: VP, MARKETING AND STRATEGY 9020 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY, SUITE I-260, AUSTIN TX 78759
Patrick Cook officer: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER 9020 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY, SUITE I-260, AUSTIN TX 78759
Tamara Mullings director C/O FTC SOLAR, INC., 9020 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY, SUITE I-260, AUSTIN TX 78759
David Springer director, 10 percent owner 2718 LOYAGA DRIVE, ROUND ROCK TX 78681
Nagendra Cherukupalli officer: CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER 9020 N CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY, SUITE I-260, AUSTIN TX 78759
Sean Hunkler director, officer: PRESIDENT AND CEO C/O WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION, 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95119
Thurman J Rodgers director 535 EASTVIEW WAY, WOODSIDE CA 94062
South Cone Investments Limited Partnership 10 percent owner AVENIDA PRESIDENTE RIESCO 5711 OFICINA 1, LAS CONDES, SANTIAGO F3 7550000