RE: Amortisation EBITDA vs EBIT16 Dec 2021 11:23
Hi Agri,
Not sure where you are getting £6m of amortisation per year from? Thats the acc. amortisation as at 30/06/21 but the pro-rated amortisation for FY21 is £2m per annum. This appears to be consistent with previous periods. I note that a third of this is in relation to the acquisition intangibles (customer relationships) and therefore not sure why you would consider that in your valuation (not in a rude way, more curious)? There is no cash element to it at all.
The chunkier element of the amortisation is in relation to the development costs, but there does not appear to be any significant increase in comparison to previous periods. The additions each year are relatively consistent and are being amortised over 4 years like you said, so it is essentially a rolling expense. These development costs wont be brought down to zero as it is a "rolling" value?
In summary, I do not consider this element of the amortisation to change significantly in the near future but I expect the customer relationships to be reduced to zero by 2028 and therefore would improve the bottom line basis. As I said above, I consider this element to be irrelevant though and think it is correct not to use the bottom line?
Not sure what you mean by "how do they determine amortisation"?
Hope that maybe helps but quite possibly not!!