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"Henri Poincaré" Different ideas going on here.

In 2020, your EV/EBITDA multiple at that point in time might be higher than what you see right now. But if you're talking about a forward multiple, you're holding EV constant at what it is right now, and you're letting EBITDA vary.

Makes sense. Going a step back on the forward multiple point. Is holding EV constant simply so that there is some form of reference? or is there something else at play

Also if your multiple is not going down, then that is 100% always an error? as you would expect EBITDA to go up. Hence probably best to investigate and see why EBITDA has not gone up, e.g. maybe poor sales/shit hit the fan that year right?

 

The theory of intrinsic valuation holds that if everyone could predict the future, then assuming it doesn't pay dividends, the value of the company should be the same regardless of time. This is the intrinsic value of the company, i.e. EV is fixed.

That being said, even if you could predict the future, earnings should be increasing. So earnings change over time but EV does not. If earnings are increasing then your multiple should be contracting over time.

 

this is the correct answer ^

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