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English to French translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Accounting | | English term or phrase: debt-to-ebitda ratio | Is there a specific French Term for
The merged entity would have a debt-to-ebitda ratio of just under five times
(le ratio d'endettement étant plutôt capitaux/dette) |
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VBaby
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| Grading comment cash-flow is more Marge brute d'autofinancement (MBA)
and is often confused with ebitda (ex. brut d'exploitation).
The differnce being one is after taxes, the other one before I htink. (quite a difference though)
I wondered was there a more specific term, since usually les ratios en France ont un nom totalemnet idfférent des données sur lesquelles ils se basent.
Thanks all the same.
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17 mins confidence:   ratio endettement / excédent brut d'exploitation
Explanation:
EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) is very close to cash-flow. The French expression is excédent brut d'exploitation.
Reference: http://www.vernimmen.net/glossaire/defini2.html
| VBaby
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| | Grading comment cash-flow is more Marge brute d'autofinancement (MBA)
and is often confused with ebitda (ex. brut d'exploitation).
The differnce being one is after taxes, the other one before I htink. (quite a difference though)
I wondered was there a more specific term, since usually les ratios en France ont un nom totalemnet idfférent des données sur lesquelles ils se basent.
Thanks all the same. |
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| Apr 21, 2005 - Changes made by VBaby: | | Level | Non-PRO => PRO | | Field (specific) | (none) => Accounting |
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