Re: EBITDA [was Re: Interconnects]

2002-05-20 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Mon, 20 May 2002 12:08:32 EDT, Chris Woodfield said: Intermedia, for example, was EBITDA positive for all of the time I was working for them, yet was bleeding approx. $100 million plus in interest payments per year. This created a very real cash crunch that prompted the sale to Worldcom. I

Re: EBITDA [was Re: Interconnects]

2002-05-20 Thread Brian
My take on ebitda, it is what non profitable companies use to put a positive spin on their situation. Bri On Mon, 20 May 2002, Chris Woodfield wrote: The main fallacy of EBITDA is that a lot of people confuse EBIDTA figures with cash flow figures. While the utility of a quarterly

EBITDA [was Re: Interconnects]

2002-05-18 Thread Steve Gibbard
On Sat, 18 May 2002, Mike Leber wrote: press releases regarding their other choices, or perhaps considering whether the companies they consider alternatives are EBITDA postive (making a profit, or in otherwords will exist in 12 months) today (not in an imaginary planned future) or for the

Re: EBITDA [was Re: Interconnects]

2002-05-18 Thread Mike Leber
On Sat, 18 May 2002, Steve Gibbard wrote: EBITDA positive does not mean profitable, or even necessarily financially stable. EBITDA is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amoritization Correct, however I was trying to provide a simplified translation. A company that isn't

Re: EBITDA [was Re: Interconnects]

2002-05-18 Thread Paul Vixie
EBITDA positive does not mean profitable, or even necessarily financially stable. Right you are. So please let me clarify my earlier statement (that PAIX has been modestly profitable for years). If we were not a wholly owned subsidiary we would owe income taxes. When we have been wholly