Multiples - Look at manufacturing companies

Hi,

When you look at manufacturing cmopanies with large capital expenditures and related D&A, is EV/EBITDA better because you can compare the companies before capex differences or is EV/EBIT because you can compare the companies after taking into account their capex?

Thanks Pivot

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I would definitely use EBIT.. You must take into account the effect Capex has on a company, especially if that company is 'capex intensive'.. As Warren buffet famously says "do companies think the tooth fairy pays for capital expenditures"

 
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