Yell Group PLC (English) company bought out TransWestern Publishing (American) in our industry. In an article about how the Brits overpaid by 200+ million pounds, the following sentence appears:
What am I missing? Here's how I read it:
"Yell trades at 13.3X 2005 Earnings Per/Free Cash Flow..."
Perhaps I'm stupid (always a strong possibility), perhaps it's a typo, but I'm just not getting this formulation. "Earnings Per Free Cash Flow?" Are they implying that the FCF figure is on a per/share basis?
Thanks!
Yell trades on 13.3x 05 EP/FCF at a discount to directories peers on 14.9x, and to pan-European media on 18.9x.
What am I missing? Here's how I read it:
"Yell trades at 13.3X 2005 Earnings Per/Free Cash Flow..."
Perhaps I'm stupid (always a strong possibility), perhaps it's a typo, but I'm just not getting this formulation. "Earnings Per Free Cash Flow?" Are they implying that the FCF figure is on a per/share basis?
Thanks!
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