2009 Best Practices Study
Appendix
 
   
 

 

Terms Related to Profitability

PROFITABILITY

60.   Pretax Profit / Loss—Net revenues minus total expenses.
61.   EBITDA—(Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization) The agency's profit before interest,
taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses are included. The sum of items 29, 34, 37, 40, 54, 56, and 60.
62.   Pro Forma Pretax Profit—The agency's profit if all "discretionary" expenditures made for the benefit of the
owners, based solely on ownership, were removed and all extraordinary / non-reoccurring expenses or revenues
were normalized.
63.   Operating Pre-Tax Profit—Pretax profit minus contingents, bonus and investment income.
64.   Pro Forma EBITDA—See items 61 (EBITDA) and 63 (Pro Forma Pretax Profit).
65.   "Rule of 20" Score—a valuation metric developed by Reagan Consulting that is the sum of the agency's pro
forma EBITDA margin times 50% plus the organic revenue growth rate. It provides a quick means of calculating whether or not an agency is creating significant returns for its shareholders.

 
     
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