Module II· Multiples & Sector SpecificsIntermediate
Question

What is EV/EBITDAR and when do you use it?

Answer

EV/EBITDAR adjusts for operating leases:

```
EV/EBITDAR = Enterprise Value / (EBITDA + Rent Cost)
```

Pre-IFRS 16, this mattered for lease-intensive sectors where operating leases were shown as a P&L expense (rather than as a capital lease) — hotels, airlines, restaurant chains, retail.

Operating-lease cost behaves like quasi-debt; EBITDAR neutralizes the own-vs-lease choice.

Operating leases are capitalized, so EBITDA implicitly contains the lease adjustment — EBITDAR becomes less relevant. For US-GAAP comparisons against pre-IFRS-16 data, EBITDAR can still be useful.

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For hotel or retail chains reporting under IFRS 16, EV/EBITDA is back as the primary metric — use EBITDAR in a pitch only as a historical reference.