Problems with EV/EBIT vs EV/EBITDA

Dear all WSO users,

I am a sophomore student currently doing a valuation for US automobile industries stocks (say GM, TSLA, Ford etc)

I am using two ratios for multiples variation. 1) EV/EBITDA 2) EV/EBIT.

However after my calculations (not sure if they are right or wrong), the two ratios provide different opinions - one says overvalued, the other says undervalued, when comparing to the industry average.

So I am curious and trying to find out is it possible that the two ratios can provide opposite opinion and if yes, what could be the reasons.

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That tells you about the firm's D&A relative to the industry. If EBITDA says its overvalued, and EBIT says its undervalued, then the difference is accounted for in D&A. Look more into that for your company.

Also--make sure to look at revenue multiples. They do some stuff too

In general though, you're looking at a range of possible valuations as opposed to one concrete number

 
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