Benefitfocus EBITDA 2011-2026 | BNFT

Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA), is an often used measure of a company's profitability. Financial analysts use EBITDA for a number of purposes including calculating simple valuations of a firm, estimating cash flows, and assessing debt servicing capability. The uses for EBITDA in financial analysis are numerous, but in practice should be more restrained. While EBITDA has some useful applications, it should be used with caution, as the problems with EBITDA are abundant and can lead to a number of misguided conclusions.^[1]

EBITDA is an important indicator for investors and analysts because it allows them to evaluate a company's operating profit without considering the impact of financial expenses, taxes, or non-cash depreciation and amortization. It provides better comparability between companies in different industries or with different tax conditions.

EBITDA is often used to assess a company's ability to generate cash flow and repay debts. It can also serve as a measure of a company's operational efficiency, as it shows how profitable the core business is, regardless of external factors such as interest or taxes.

However, it is important to note that EBITDA is not an official financial statement measure and can be defined and calculated differently by companies. Therefore, investors and analysts should exercise caution when using EBITDA as an evaluation tool and combine it with other financial metrics and information to get a more complete picture of a company's financial condition.

Annual EBITDA Benefitfocus

2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
17.4 M	19.8 M	-4.09 M	-24 M	-22.3 M	-19.1 M	-42.6 M	-49.4 M	-20.1 M	-6.02 M	-3.54 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum	Minimum	Average
19.8 M	-49.4 M	-14 M

Quarterly EBITDA Benefitfocus

2022-Q4	2022-Q3	2022-Q2	2022-Q1	2021-Q4	2021-Q3	2021-Q2	2021-Q1	2020-Q4	2020-Q3	2020-Q2	2020-Q1	2019-Q4	2019-Q3	2019-Q2	2019-Q1	2018-Q4	2018-Q3	2018-Q2	2018-Q1	2017-Q4	2017-Q3	2017-Q2	2017-Q1	2016-Q4	2016-Q3	2016-Q2	2016-Q1	2015-Q4	2015-Q3	2015-Q2	2015-Q1	2014-Q4	2014-Q3	2014-Q2	2014-Q1	2013-Q4	2013-Q3	2013-Q2	2013-Q1	2012-Q4	2012-Q3	2012-Q2	2012-Q1	2011-Q4	2011-Q3	2011-Q2	2011-Q1
-	-6.53 M	-9.97 M	6.7 M	-	-5.11 M	-9.45 M	9.84 M	-	18.7 M	6.01 M	213 K	1.65 M	9.32 M	1.16 M	-3.72 M	-9.64 M	-4.38 M	-7.03 M	-6.74 M	-3.63 M	-7.04 M	-6.88 M	-8.54 M	-5.06 M	-3.22 M	-5.82 M	-8.45 M	-10.6 M	-11.8 M	-13.5 M	-9.63 M	-11.9 M	-15.2 M	-14.9 M	-9.38 M	-7.69 M	-4.32 M	-7.1 M	-3.16 M	-1.49 M	-22 K	-5.17 M	-4.24 M	-	-	-	-

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum	Minimum	Average
18.7 M	-15.2 M	-4.58 M

References

Brockman, C. M., & Russell, J. W. (2012). EBITDA: use it... or lose it?. International Journal of Business, Accounting and Finance, 6(2), 84-93.

EBITDA of other stocks in the Software industry

Issuer	EBITDA	Price	% 24h	Market Cap	Country
Alarm.com Holdings ALRM	164 M	$ 43.02	-1.21 %	$ 2.14 B	USA
ANSYS ANSS	861 M	-	-	$ 32.7 B	USA
FireEye, Inc. FEYE	-32.3 M	-	-3.41 %	$ 4.13 B	USA
Avaya Holdings Corp. AVYA	-1.47 B	-	-	$ 3.47 M	USA
Alteryx AYX	-142 M	-	-	$ 3.42 B	USA
Aspen Technology AZPN	403 M	-	-	$ 16.8 B	USA
Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. PBTS	-77.3 M	-	2.4 %	$ 115 M	China
Euronet Worldwide EEFT	668 M	$ 68.68	-0.85 %	$ 2.87 B	USA
Brightcove BCOV	-5.1 M	-	-	$ 192 K	USA
Black Knight BKI	648 M	-	-0.02 %	$ 11.7 B	USA
Globant S.A. GLOB	144 M	$ 43.44	-4.11 %	$ 7.32 B	Luxembourg
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. SPNS	90.2 M	-	-	$ 2.43 B	Curacao
Cadence Design Systems CDNS	1.21 B	$ 266.65	-5.11 %	$ 72.3 B	USA
Aurora Mobile Limited JG	-111 M	$ 6.55	-	$ 39 M	China
Net Element, Inc. NETE	-1.46 M	-	8.63 %	$ 83.8 M	USA
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited KC	-476 M	$ 15.12	1.96 %	$ 55.3 B	China
Coupa Software Incorporated COUP	-94.4 M	-	-	$ 6.12 B	USA
BlackBerry Limited BB	66.1 M	$ 3.86	1.05 %	$ 2.29 B	Canada
Altair Engineering ALTR	59.8 M	-	-	$ 9.4 B	USA
Citrix Systems CTXS	298 M	-	-	$ 13.2 B	USA
Manhattan Associates MANH	286 M	$ 120.39	-3.29 %	$ 7.28 B	USA
Proofpoint, Inc. PFPT	769 K	-	-	$ 10.1 B	USA
American Software AMSWA	8.55 M	-	-2.14 %	$ 369 M	USA
Agora API	-49.9 M	$ 3.71	0.82 %	$ 1.38 B	China
CYREN Ltd. CYRN	-19.7 M	-	-18.15 %	$ 1.77 M	USA
AppFolio APPF	176 M	$ 144.16	-2.99 %	$ 5.19 B	USA
Zix Corporation ZIXI	36.9 M	-	0.12 %	$ 482 M	USA
EVERTEC EVTC	209 M	$ 27.9	-1.97 %	$ 1.78 B	Puerto-rico
Akamai Technologies AKAM	1.28 B	$ 92.64	-15.48 %	$ 13.5 B	USA
Digital Turbine APPS	28.8 M	$ 2.86	-5.15 %	$ 297 M	USA
Viant Technology DSP	30.8 M	$ 9.62	-6.05 %	$ 158 M	USA
Microsoft Corporation MSFT	151 B	$ 371.59	-0.4 %	$ 2.76 T	USA
Ebix EBIX	139 M	-	-30.99 %	$ 36.3 M	USA
Dropbox DBX	821 M	$ 21.88	-1.6 %	$ 5.87 B	USA
ChannelAdvisor Corporation ECOM	25.5 M	-	0.02 %	$ 668 M	USA
CyberArk Software Ltd. CYBR	-30.8 M	-	-	$ 18.1 B	Israel
E2open Parent Holdings ETWO	-470 M	-	-	$ 1.02 B	USA
Everbridge EVBG	-2.58 M	-	-	$ 1.42 B	USA
Evolving Systems EVOL	-3.43 M	-	-8.47 %	$ 13.9 M	USA
EVO Payments EVOP	151 M	-	-	$ 1.77 B	USA
Avalara AVLR	-80.4 M	-	-	$ 8.28 B	USA
Aware AWRE	-5.98 M	$ 1.25	6.84 %	$ 26.5 M	USA
ePlus PLUS	171 M	$ 81.06	-0.97 %	$ 2.15 B	USA
Cloudera, Inc. CLDR	-248 M	-	0.06 %	$ 4.74 B	Canada
Datadog DDOG	4.83 M	$ 105.17	-3.49 %	$ 36.5 B	USA
Absolute Software Corporation ABST	-7.14 M	-	-	$ 811 M	Canada
Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. EPAY	16.9 M	-	-	$ 2.56 B	USA
Rapid7 RPD	57 M	$ 5.07	0.3 %	$ 328 M	USA
Rackspace Technology RXT	50.7 M	$ 1.19	34.11 %	$ 284 M	USA
China Index Holdings Limited CIH	308 M	-	-	$ 85.7 M	China