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Yet its enterprise valuation (debt plus market value of common) is only 3.8 times operating income (earnings before depreciation, interest and taxes).

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Its enterprise valuation (debt plus market value of common) is only 3.8 times operating income (defined as earnings before depreciation, interest and taxes).

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Crew is a Wall Street darling, as you can see in its high enterprise multiple, defined as the ratio of enterprise value (market value of common, plus debt, minus cash) to Ebitda (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization).

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This is the ratio of enterprise value (market value of common stock, plus debt, minus cash) to operating income (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization).

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