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Brainy Brands Co (Brainy Brands Co) EBITDA : $ Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2010)


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What is Brainy Brands Co EBITDA?

Brainy Brands Co's EBITDA for the six months ended in Dec. 2010 was $-2.02 Mil. Brainy Brands Co does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2010.

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Brainy Brands Co's EBITDA per Share for the twelve months ended in Dec. 2010 was $-0.06. Brainy Brands Co does not have enough years/quarters to calculate its EBITDA per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2010.

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Brainy Brands Co EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Brainy Brands Co'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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Brainy Brands Co EBITDA Chart

Brainy Brands Co Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10
EBITDA
0.09 -2.02

Brainy Brands Co Semi-Annual Data
Dec09 Dec10
EBITDA 0.09 -2.02

Competitive Comparison of Brainy Brands Co's EBITDA

For the Farm Products subindustry, Brainy Brands Co'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.


Brainy Brands Co's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Brainy Brands Co's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Brainy Brands Co'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.

Brainy Brands Co's EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Brainy Brands Co's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the fiscal year ended in Dec. 2010, Brainy Brands Co's EBITDA was $-2.02 Mil.

Brainy Brands Co's EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Brainy Brands Co's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the quarter ended in Dec. 2010, Brainy Brands Co's EBITDA was $-2.02 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.

Brainy Brands Co  (OTCPK:TBBC) 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.


Brainy Brands Co EBITDA Related Terms

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Brainy Brands Co (Brainy Brands Co) Business Description

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Brainy Brands Company Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on November 21, 2007 and began activity in 2008.Previously, it was known as Enter Corp. The proposed business plan of the Company is to use innovative agricultural technology and know-how to grow vegetables and other crops, initially in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, and later in other selected locations. The Company is in the development stage and has yet to realize revenues from operations. It intends to locate a local, joint venture partner to co-invest with them in its pilot project on a 30-hectare plot of land. If it does not locate a local, joint venture partner but do raise funds, it will execute the Pilot Project on its own. It initially intended to conduct a pilot project at a suitable location, which it has found in the town of Natakhtari in Georgia. Its President, Mr. Ayalon, has the experience of setting up farming operations in foreign countries and is capable of hiring local staff and managing them for its farming operations. Since the growing season starts in March in most regions of Georgia, it has missed the 2010 growing season. Hence, 2010 will be dedicated to building its infrastructure and locating the financing it require for its Pilot Project. It intends to advertise in local newspapers in Georgia in order to attract a possible local, joint venture partner. It intends to begin its Pilot Project operation in March 2011. It intends to bring Western know-how and precision farming techniques to its Georgian operations. Precision farming is based on proper soil analysis, proper seed choice, and the use of precise amounts of fertilizer, herbicides and pesticides. The use of drip irrigation plays an important role in precision farming by enabling the delivery of exact amounts of water and fertilizer. Additionally, the proper timing of planting, harvesting, fertilizer and pest control are all part of what is known as "precision farming techniques". Precision farming helps improve crop yields, because it is a scientific method that treats each crop individually. The Pilot Project's main focus is to prove its ability to produce vegetables for the local market. It hopes to locate a distributor that will supply its produce to local retailers and local wholesalers who will purchase its produce.