S&P 500 EV/EBITDA by sector 2022

Enterprise value to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EV/EBITDA) is a key measurement ratio used as a metric of valuing whether a company is under or overvalued as compared to a historical industry average. The S&P 500 (Standard & Poor’s) is an index of the 500 largest U.S. publicly traded companies by market capitalization. In 2022, the consumer staples sector displayed the highest EV/EBITDA multiple with 16.42.

S&P 500 EV/EBITDA multiple in the United States from 2014 to 2022, by sector

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March 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2014 to 2022

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* No value provided by the source for 2020

The source adds the following information: "The EBITDA multiple for a specific sector is calculated by dividing the total enterprise value of all sector companies by the total sum of annual EBITDA of the companies. The multiples on the table above are trailing twelve months, meaning the last four quarters are used when earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization are calculated."

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