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The Pitfalls of Using EBITDA (FLT-EBI)


Description

The Pitfalls of Using EBITDA exposes the seven critical blind spots that EBITDA creates for credit professionals and connects each one to its covenant implications.


This course moves from the foundational pitfalls through the comparative limitations of EBITDA multiples, and into the covenant-specific dangers: how adjustments distort the number, how documentation can exacerbate the analysis, and how calculation flexibility combined with a lack of transparency creates real risk.

Starting Date: CPD Accredited: No

Content
  • Introduction to The Pitfalls of Using EBITDA
  • The Goals of this Course
  • How Will We Achieve This?
  • EBITDA: The Basics
  • Pitfall 1: EBITDA Ignores Revenue Recognition
  • Pitfall 2: EBITDA Says Little About the Quality of Earnings
  • Pitfall 3: EBITDA Ignores Changes in Working Capital
  • Pitfall 4: EBITDA Fails to Fully Consider Reinvestment
  • Pitfall 5: EBITDA Provides Limited Insight into Liquidity
  • Pitfall 6: In Comparing Multiples, EBITDA Falls Short
  • Pitfall 7a: Going Full Kafkaesque with Adjustments
  • Pitfall 7b: And the Docs Can Exacerbate the Analysis
  • Pitfall 7c: Calculation Flexibility and a Lack of Transparency
  • Q&A
  • Summary: What We Learned Today
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever