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Free EBITDA Calculator

Calculate estimated EBITDA, EBITDA margin, and an illustrative enterprise value range from summarized annual figures.

Educational estimate using a fixed valuation range. A valid email is required before the saved result is revealed and the report is sent.

See methodology and limitations

Summarized annual figures

Calculate EBITDA

Use figures covering one consistent annual period. Required cost fields accept an explicit zero.

Reporting basis

Every financial amount must cover the same selected period. Annualize or obtain a consistent statement before using the tool rather than mixing monthly, quarterly, year-to-date, forecast, or other periods.

Required

Choose the annual period that applies consistently to every amount below.

Currency and units

USD / annual

Phase 1 uses fixed US-dollar annual figures and does not perform currency conversion.

Revenue and direct costs
Required

USD / annual

Gross operating revenue earned during the selected period, net of refunds, credits, discounts, and sales taxes collected for a government authority. Exclude loans, owner contributions, asset-sale proceeds, investment gains, and other non-operating inflows.

Required

USD / annual

Direct costs required to produce or deliver the goods or services sold during the selected period. Direct labor entered here must not also be entered in payroll.

Operating expenses
Required

USD / annual

Wages, salaries, bonuses, employer payroll taxes, and employee benefits not already included in direct costs. Include actual owner compensation recorded as payroll before any eligible owner normalization adjustment.

Required

USD / annual

Business rent, lease, and occupancy expense for the selected period that is not already included in direct costs or other operating expenses.

Required

USD / annual

Recurring operating expenses not entered as direct costs, payroll, or rent. Exclude interest, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, adjustments, loan principal, capital expenditures, distributions, and every amount already entered elsewhere.

Optional EBITDA reconciliation

These optional amounts support the educational net-income-to-EBITDA bridge. When classified correctly, they do not change base EBITDA. Blank optional fields normalize to zero.

Optional

USD / annual

Interest expense recorded during the selected period. Exclude loan principal, financing proceeds, bank-service fees classified as operating expense, and interest income.

Optional

USD / annual

Federal, state, local, or foreign income-tax expense attributable to business earnings. Exclude payroll, sales, property, excise, license, and similar operating taxes.

Optional

USD / annual

Depreciation expense recognized during the selected period. Exclude capital purchases, loan principal, asset purchase price, accumulated depreciation, and future replacement cost.

Optional

USD / annual

Amortization expense recognized during the selected period for eligible intangible or deferred assets. Exclude loan principal amortization, debt repayment schedules, capital purchases, and accumulated amortization.

Optional normalization adjustments

These fields are not part of standard EBITDA. Eligible amounts must already have been deducted in an operating-cost field and are used only to produce a separately identified adjusted EBITDA valuation basis.

Optional

USD / annual

Documented owner-specific or discretionary expenses already deducted in operating costs that a hypothetical buyer may reasonably remove or normalize. Do not add back required market-rate replacement compensation or unsupported estimated savings.

Optional

USD / annual

Documented, unusual, non-recurring expenses already deducted in operating costs and not reasonably expected to recur. Do not add back recurring costs, future savings, lost revenue, or costs that were never deducted.

A valid email address is required at the next step before the result is saved and revealed.

Methodology

How the EBITDA estimate works

Base EBITDA

Operating cost total equals direct costs plus payroll plus rent plus other operating expenses. Base EBITDA equals revenue minus that operating cost total.

Adjusted EBITDA

Eligible owner add-backs and one-time expenses are added only to the separately labeled adjusted EBITDA valuation basis. They do not change standard EBITDA or EBITDA margin.

Illustrative enterprise value

When adjusted EBITDA is positive, the calculator applies fixed 3.0x and 5.0x multiples. When adjusted EBITDA is zero or negative, no EBITDA-multiple range is shown.

Expanded limitations

Steingard Financial does not audit, verify, or independently confirm the information entered into this calculator and does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, suitability, or outcome of any result. EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA are simplified, non-GAAP educational measures and are not the same as net income, operating cash flow, free cash flow, taxable income, or cash available to an owner. Adding back depreciation or amortization does not eliminate capital expenditures, asset replacement needs, debt service, or working-capital requirements. Owner add-backs and one-time expenses are judgment-dependent and may be accepted, reduced, or rejected by a buyer, lender, accountant, tax professional, or valuation professional.

The illustrative enterprise value range uses fixed 3.0x and 5.0x multiples and does not select comparables or account for industry, market conditions, growth, customer concentration, owner dependence, management depth, contracts, recurring revenue, margins, assets, intellectual property, debt, cash, working capital, liabilities, taxes, transaction structure, transaction costs, or other company-specific factors. Enterprise value is not equity value or owner proceeds. A business with zero or negative adjusted EBITDA may still have value under another method. Consult a qualified accountant and credentialed valuation, legal, tax, or transaction professional before relying on the result or making a financial decision.

Common questions

EBITDA calculator FAQ

What is EBITDA?

EBITDA is earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization. This calculator estimates it from revenue minus direct costs, payroll, rent, and other operating expenses.

What is adjusted EBITDA?

Adjusted EBITDA adds entered eligible owner add-backs and one-time expenses to base EBITDA. It is shown separately and is not standard EBITDA.

What reporting period should I use?

Use either trailing 12 months or the most recent completed fiscal year, and use the same period for every financial amount.

Why is an email address required?

A valid email address is required before the result is revealed so the completed calculation, report request, consent evidence, attribution, and delivery work can be saved together. By requesting the result, the visitor also authorizes Steingard Financial to send relevant email updates and offers with unsubscribe available at any time.

Is the enterprise value range a business appraisal?

No. It is an educational enterprise-value estimate using fixed 3.0x and 5.0x adjusted EBITDA multiples and is not an appraisal, offer, sale price, equity value, or estimate of owner proceeds.

Terms of Use

Using this free financial tool

This calculator provides an educational estimate only. It is not accounting, tax, legal, investment, valuation, or transaction advice and is not a substitute for a professional review of the underlying records. By submitting the form, the visitor confirms that the information provided may be processed to save the calculation, deliver the requested result, and send the company-specific emails described in the disclosure above.

Privacy

Required email for the saved result and transactional report

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