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Meade Instruments (FRA:ME1N) EV-to-EBITDA : -1.44 (As of Jun. 10, 2024)


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What is Meade Instruments EV-to-EBITDA?

EV-to-EBITDA is calculated as enterprise value divided by its EBITDA. As of today, Meade Instruments's enterprise value is €4.34 Mil. Meade Instruments's EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2013 was €-3.02 Mil. Therefore, Meade Instruments's EV-to-EBITDA for today is -1.44.

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

FRA:ME1N's EV-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 13.065
* 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 (2024-06-10), Meade Instruments's stock price is €3.34. Meade Instruments's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2013 was €-2.753. Therefore, Meade Instruments's PE Ratio for today is At Loss.

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


Meade Instruments EV-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Meade Instruments's EV-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Meade Instruments EV-to-EBITDA Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Meade Instruments's EV-to-EBITDA

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Meade Instruments'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.


Meade Instruments's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Meade Instruments EV-to-EBITDA Calculation

Meade Instruments's EV-to-EBITDA for today is calculated as:

EV-to-EBITDA=Enterprise Value (Today)/EBITDA (TTM)
=4.340/-3.015
=-1.44

Meade Instruments's current Enterprise Value is €4.34 Mil.
Meade Instruments's EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-3.02 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.


Meade Instruments  (FRA:ME1N) 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.

Meade Instruments's PE Ratio for today is calculated as:

PE Ratio=Share Price (Today)/Earnings per Share (Diluted) (TTM)
=3.34/-2.753
=At Loss

Meade Instruments's share price for today is €3.34.
Meade Instruments's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-2.753.

* 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?


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Meade Instruments (FRA:ME1N) Business Description

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Meade Instruments Corporation is a Delaware Corporation. The Company is a consumer products company that designs, manufactures, imports and distributes telescopes, telescope accessories, binoculars, spotting scopes, and other consumer optical products.. The Company's brands include Meade and Coronado. They are associated with the amateur astronomy, consumer optical and sporting goods markets. Products such as the LX200 series of telescopes that combine the state-of-the-art LX200 with the precision of Advanced Coma Free (ACF) optics; the LX90GPS that brings GPS capabilities to a moderately priced Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope; LS, the newest addition of fully computerized telescopes using 'Lightswitch' technology, which provides a revolutionary self-alignment routine, allowing users with no astronomy experience to enjoy a multi-media guided-tour of the night sky; also, the new LT series, which is its value platform, using the same high-quality mechanics of the LS, but the Deep Sky Imager series of high-performance charge-coupled device (CCD) cameras that have advanced astro-imaging to near point-and-shoot simplicity,. It competes in the United States and Canada with SW Technology Corporation, and Bushnell Performance Optics, Inc., and to a lesser extent, with other smaller companies which service niche markets.

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