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Lawson (TSE:2651) EBITDA per Share : 円2,995.35 (TTM As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Lawson EBITDA per Share?

Lawson's EBITDA per Share for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 円660.10. Its EBITDA per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 was 円2,995.35.

During the past 12 months, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of Lawson was 11.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 42.90% per year. During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 27.40% per year. During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate was 10.80% 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.

The historical rank and industry rank for Lawson's EBITDA per Share or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:2651' s 3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.9   Med: 2.3   Max: 42.9
Current: 42.9

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of Lawson was 42.90% per year. The lowest was -0.90% per year. And the median was 2.30% per year.

TSE:2651's 3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate is ranked better than
89.49% of 257 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 7.7 vs TSE:2651: 42.90

Lawson's EBITDA for the three months ended in Feb. 2024 was 円66,129 Mil.

During the past 12 months, the average EBITDA Growth Rate of Lawson was 11.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 43.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 27.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average EBITDA Growth Rate was 10.80% 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 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA Growth Rate of Lawson was 43.00% per year. The lowest was -0.90% per year. And the median was 2.30% per year.


Lawson EBITDA per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lawson's EBITDA per Share 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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Lawson EBITDA per Share Chart

Lawson Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
EBITDA per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1,133.73 1,025.56 2,454.02 2,676.04 2,995.19

Lawson Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
EBITDA per Share 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 550.18 789.05 787.98 758.22 660.10

Lawson EBITDA per Share Calculation

EBITDA per Share is the amount of Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) per outstanding share of the company's stock.

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

Lawson's EBITDA per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

EBITDA per Share(A: Feb. 2024 )
=EBITDA/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=300067/100.183
=2,995.19

Lawson's EBITDA per Share for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

EBITDA per Share(Q: Feb. 2024 )
=EBITDA/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=66129/100.180
=660.10

EBITDA per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Feb. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was 円2,995.35

* 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.


Lawson  (TSE:2651) EBITDA per Share Explanation

EBITDA is a cash flow measure that ignores changes in working capital. EBITDA minus Depreciation, and Amortization (DA) equals EBIT. EBIT 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.


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Lawson (TSE:2651) Business Description

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Address
East Tower, Gate City Osaki, 11-2, Osaki 1-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 141-8643
Lawson is the third-largest convenience-store operator in Japan with more than 14,500 stores domestically, and more than 3,400 stores overseas with more than 90% of stores located in China. Convenience-store operations inclusive of franchise fees represent about 55% of group operating revenue and 75% of operating profits. Other activities include Seijo Ishii (an upscale food-store chain with 163 stores in Japan as of November 2020) and entertainment businesses comprising cinema operations with 43 theaters, the HMV music store chain, and Lawson HMV ticketing services.

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