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and finance, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) is a measure of a firm's

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that includes all incomes and expenses (operating and non-operating) except

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expenses and

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expenses (for individuals). Operating income and operating profit are sometimes used as a

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for EBIT when a firm does not have non-operating income and non-operating expenses.

Formula

: EBIT = Net income + Interest + Taxes =

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– Depreciation and Amortization expenses :Operating income =

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–

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s (OPEX) = EBIT – non-operating profit + non-operating expenses

Overview

A professional investor contemplating a change to the

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of a firm (e.g., through a

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) first evaluates a firm's fundamental earnings potential (reflected by earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (

) and EBIT), and then determines the optimal use of debt versus equity (equity value). To calculate EBIT, expenses (e.g. the

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, selling and administrative expenses) are subtracted from revenues.

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is later obtained by subtracting interest and taxes from the result.

Earnings before taxes

Earnings before taxes (EBT) is the money retained by the firm before deducting the money to be paid for

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taxes

. EBT excludes the money paid for

. Thus, it can be calculated by subtracting the interest from EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes).

References

{{Reflist Fundamental analysis Profit

Formula

Overview

Earnings before taxes

See also

References