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- Title
Análise metodológica dos EBITDA incompatíveis divulgados pelas companhias listadas na B3: identificação das variáveis divergentes nas conciliações.
- Authors
Pisa Kistner, Shaiane; Platt Neto, Orion Augusto
- Abstract
Purpose: To identify the variables responsible the methodological differences that cause incompatibilities in the EBITDA disclosed by the companies listed on B3, related to errors in data collection and undue changes in the formula by the reconciliation issuers. Methodology: Application of descriptive statistics on a sample of 35 entities that disclosed the incompatible EBITDA for 2018, observing the behavior of the indicator's variables in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020. Results: The most common calculation errors occurred when collecting data from the financial statements. The variable that most impacted erroneously calculated values was related to depreciation, amortization and depletion. It is concluded that, even with the standardization of the disclosure of EBITDA by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil as of 2012, errors in the calculation of this indicator are still common, which reinforces the need for practical studies that verify the conformity of these companies' non-GAAP disclosures. Contributions of the Study: Considering that non-GAAP performance measures, such as EBITDA, are disseminated worldwide among investors and analysts to analyze corporate results, such measures are at risk of error and manipulation by the issuers' managers. In this sense, the study contributed in the practical sphere because it demonstrated which errors companies effectively made when calculating and demonstrating their EBITDA reconciliations. In addition, it bridges an academic gap concerning the methodology for calculating EBITDA, since even with the growing literature related to non-GAAP disclosures, the method of calculating the indicator has received low attention.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BUSINESS enterprises; UNITED States. Securities &; Exchange Commission; FINANCIAL statements; INVESTORS; STATISTICAL sampling; DISCLOSURE; NONDISCLOSURE; DEPRECIATION; EBITDA (Accounting)
- Publication
Revista Ambiente Contábil, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 2, p19
- ISSN
2176-9036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21680/2176-9036.2023v15n2ID30732