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Braze (BRZE) EBITDA : $-137.7 Mil (TTM As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Braze EBITDA?

Braze's EBITDA for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-30.4 Mil. Its EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $-137.7 Mil.

During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was -65.20% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the EBITDA Growth Rate using EBITDA data.

During the past 5 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA Growth Rate of Braze was -63.40% per year. The lowest was -65.20% per year. And the median was -64.30% per year.

Braze's EBITDA per Share for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-0.31. Its EBITDA per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $-1.41.

During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was -60.60% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the EBITDA per share growth rate using EBITDA per Share data.

During the past 5 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of Braze was -60.60% per year. The lowest was -61.00% per year. And the median was -60.80% per year.


Braze EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Braze's EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Braze EBITDA Chart

Braze Annual Data
Trend Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
EBITDA
-32.89 -30.56 -75.44 -143.52 -137.73

Braze Quarterly Data
Jan20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -34.83 -40.37 -34.05 -32.90 -30.41

Competitive Comparison of Braze's EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Braze's EV-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Braze's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Braze's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Braze's EV-to-EBITDA falls into.


Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is what the company earns before it expenses interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Braze's EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Braze's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the fiscal year ended in Jan. 2024, Braze's EBITDA was $-137.7 Mil.

Braze's EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Braze's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the quarter ended in Jan. 2024, Braze's EBITDA was $-30.4 Mil.

EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $-137.7 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Sometimes companies may have already deducted Depreciation and Amortization from Gross Profit. In this case Depreciation and Amortization needs to be added back when calculating EBITDA.

Braze  (NAS:BRZE) EBITDA Explanation

EBITDA is a cash flow measure that ignores changes in working capital. EBITDA minus Depreciation, and Amortization (DA) equals Operating Income. Operating Income is profit before interest and taxes. Of course, Interest and taxes need to be paid.

While depreciation and amortization expenses do not need to be paid in cash, assets - especially tangible assets - do need to be replaced over time. EBITDA is not a measure of profit in any sense. EBITDA is a measure of cash generation by a business where the uses of that cash may be more or less discretionary depending on the nature of the business.

The EBITDA of a TV station is largely discretionary. Owners may use much of the EBITDA generated by a TV station as they see fit. The EBITDA of a railroad is largely non-discretionary. Owners must use much of the EBITDA generated by a railroad to replace the physical assets of the railroad or the business will literally fall apart over time.

EBITDA can be thought of as the cash a business generates that is available to:

Add more inventory
Add more receivables
Replace property, plant, and equipment
Add more property, plant, and equipment
Pay interest
Pay taxes
And finally: pay owners

EBITDA is widely used in financial analysis because Depreciation and Amortization are not present day cash expenses.. Depreciation and amortization are the spreading out of the costs of assets over the time in which those assets provide benefits. Today's depreciation and amortization expenses relate to assets bought in the past. The assets being expensed may or may not need to be replaced in the future. And the cost to replace the assets may be more or less than it was in the past. For this reason, the depreciation and amortization expenses a company records in the present year may have no relationship to the actual cash costs needed to maintain its assets in future years.

A company's depreciation expense depends on both its expectations about the assets it owns and its choice of accounting methods. Two companies owning identical assets may have different depreciation expenses because they have different expectations about the useful lives of those assets and because they make different accounting choices.

Analysts use EBITDA to remove this element of personal choice from a company's accounting statements. The use of EBITDA is an attempt to make the results of different companies more comparable and uniform.


Be Aware

Although depreciation is not a cash cost it is a real business cost because the company has to pay for the fixed assets when they purchase them. Both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger hate the idea of EBITDA because in this calculation, depreciation is not counted as an expense.

EBITDA over Revenue is a good metric for comparing the operating efficiencies between companies because EBITDA is less vulnerable to companies' accounting choices. For this reason, EBITDA is used in ranking the Predictability of Companies. Also Price-to-EBITDA is sometimes used in valuations.


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Braze (BRZE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
330 West 34th Street, Floor 18, New York, NY, USA, 10001
Braze Inc is a customer engagement platform that powers customer-centric interactions between consumers and brands. The company provides solutions for Retail & E-commerce, Media & Entertainment, Financial Services, and Travel & Hospitality related industries.
Executives
Phillip M Fernandez director C/O MARKETO, INC., 901 MARINER'S ISLAND BLVD., SUITE 500, SAN MATEO CA 94404
Pankaj Malik officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O BRAZE, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, FLOOR 18, NEW YORK NY 10001
Myles Kleeger officer: Pres & Chief Customer Officer C/O BRAZE, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, FLOOR 18, NEW YORK NY 10001
Jonathan Hyman officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O BRAZE, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, FLOOR 18, NEW YORK NY 10001
Chelsea R. Stoner 10 percent owner C/O AVALARA, INC., 255 SOUTH KING ST., SUITE 1800, SEATTLE WA 98104
Susan Wiseman officer: General Counsel C/O BRAZE, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, FLOOR 18, NEW YORK NY 10001
Russell L Fleischer 10 percent owner 2180 RUTHERFORD ROAD, CARLSBAD CA 92008
Battery Partners Xi Side Fund, Llc 10 percent owner ONE MARINA PARK DRIVE, SUITE 1100, BOSTON MA 02210
Michael Maurice Brown 10 percent owner ONE MARINA PARK DRIVE, SUITE 1100, BOSTON MA 02210
Isabelle Winkles officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BRAZE, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, FLOOR 18, NEW YORK NY 10001
William Magnuson director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O BRAZE, INC., 330 WEST 34TH STREET, FLOOR 18, NEW YORK NY 10001
Scott R Tobin 10 percent owner ONE MARINA PARK DRIVE, SUITE 1100, BOSTON MA 02210
Dharmesh Thakker 10 percent owner ONE MARINA PARK DRIVE, SUITE 1100, BOSTON MA 02210
Jesse Feldman 10 percent owner ONE MARINA PARK DRIVE, SUITE 1100, BOSTON MA 02210
Fernando Machado director 5707 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33126