The EV/EBITDA of 4SC AG is 0.60
EV/EBITDA is enterprise value divided by earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization. It is a measure of how expensive a stock is and is more frequently valid for comparisons across companies than the price to earnings ratio. It measures the price (in the form of enterprise value) an investor pays for the benefit of the company’s cash flow (in the form of EBITDA).
= enterprise value / EBITDA
Price to earnings ratios are impacted by a company's choice of capital structure - companies which raise money via debt will have lower P/Es (and therefore look cheaper) than companies that raise an equivalent amount of money by issuing shares, even though the two companies might have equivalent enterprise values. A sample case is when a company with debt were to raise money by issuing shares of stock, and then used the money to pay off the debt, this company's P/E ratio would shoot up because of the increased number of shares - although nothing about the fundamental value of the business has changed. EV / EBITDA is unaffected by capital structure as enterprise value includes the value of debt, and EBITDA is available to all investors (debt and equity) as it excludes interest payments on that debt. It is ideal for analysts and potential investors looking to compare companies within the same industry.
4SC AG, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, engages in developing small-molecule drugs that target key indications in cancer with high unmet medical needs. The company's products in clinical development stage include Resminostat, an orally administered histone deacetylase inhibitor that is in Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma; and Domatinostat, an orally administered small molecule, which is in Phase Ib/II clinical trial for the treatment of melanoma and Phase II clinical trial for the treatment of gastrointestinal tumor. 4SC AG also out-licenses its products to pharma and biotech companies for the treatment of cancer. The company has a collaboration agreement with the Netherlands Cancer Institute to evaluate Domatinostat in the neoadjuvant setting in melanoma. 4SC AG was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Planegg, Germany.