The EV/EBITDA of Howard Hughes Corporation is 18.55
EV/EBITDA is enterprise value divided by earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization. It is a measure of how expensive a stock is and is more frequently valid for comparisons across companies than the price to earnings ratio. It measures the price (in the form of enterprise value) an investor pays for the benefit of the company’s cash flow (in the form of EBITDA).
= enterprise value / EBITDA
Price to earnings ratios are impacted by a company's choice of capital structure - companies which raise money via debt will have lower P/Es (and therefore look cheaper) than companies that raise an equivalent amount of money by issuing shares, even though the two companies might have equivalent enterprise values. A sample case is when a company with debt were to raise money by issuing shares of stock, and then used the money to pay off the debt, this company's P/E ratio would shoot up because of the increased number of shares - although nothing about the fundamental value of the business has changed. EV / EBITDA is unaffected by capital structure as enterprise value includes the value of debt, and EBITDA is available to all investors (debt and equity) as it excludes interest payments on that debt. It is ideal for analysts and potential investors looking to compare companies within the same industry.
the howard hughes corporation owns, manages and develops commercial, residential and mixed-use real estate throughout the country. our company is comprised of master planned communities, operating properties, development opportunities and other unique assets spanning from new york to hawaii. we have approximately 1,000 employees, over half of whom are dedicated to the growth and service of our master planned communities. the company's operating properties are primarily retail and include south street seaport (manhattan, ny), various properties in columbia town center (columbia, md), landmark mall (alexandria, va), the outlet collection at riverwalk (new orleans, la), cottonwood square (holladay, ut), park west (peoria, az) and ward centers (honolulu, hi). currently, several of the operating properties present significant opportunities for redevelopment. the company also has an exciting and diverse pipeline of strategic opportunities for near, mid and long-term development. these range