What is a "good" EBITDA margin?
Been hearing lots of different opinions on this. I am curious to hear what do y'all think is an acceptable EBITDA margin for different sectors and company sizes?
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Depends
It's sector dependent
Think your response was far worse than mine ... so, you win
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Lol is this a competition for who has the most unhelpful response?
100%
This is the way.
love to see it
Depends on industry + CAGR. It's OK to have 0 FCF if CAGR is ridiculous.
Enough to sustainably make RO(N)IC > WACC.
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