The EV/EBITDA of Sumitomo Corp. is 10.68
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.
Sumitomo Corporation imports, exports, and sells various goods and commodities worldwide. The company's Metal Products segment offers steel sheets and tubular products; and non-ferrous metals, such as aluminum and titanium. Its Transportation & Construction Systems segment manufactures, sells, services, leases, and finances ships, aircrafts, motor vehicles, construction equipment, and related components and parts. The company's Infrastructure segment provides power generation; power plant engineering, procurement, and construction services; retails electricity; and offers delivery, customs clearance, transportation, and insurance services. It also engages in the development and operation of industrial parks; and industrial facilities and equipment, water, transportation systems and infrastructure, airports, smart city project, environmental solutions, and storage battery businesses. Its Media & Digital segment engages in the cable television, 5G related technologies, multi-channel programming distribution, movies, digital media-related, video content-related, TV shopping, e-commerce, ICT platform, digital solution, corporate venture capital, cell phones, and smart communications platform businesses, as well as provision of value-added services. The company's Living Related & Real Estate segment operates food supermarkets and drugstore chains; offers vegetables, fruits, and meats; and trades in cement, wood, building materials, and biomass, as well as buildings, retail facilities, residences, logistics facilities, and real estate funds. Its Mineral Resources, Energy, Chemical & Electronics segment develops and trades in mineral and energy resources, commodity derivatives, liquefied petroleum gas, battery, carbon products, plastics, organic and inorganic chemicals, silicon wafers, LEDs, pharmaceuticals, agricultural chemicals, household insecticide, fertilizers, and veterinary drugs. Sumitomo Corporation was incorporated in 1919 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.