EV/EBITDA or EV/EBIT?

Please perform required valuations in the template:

What conclusions can you draw from the value range?

Can you suggest a change in the template to improve the quality of the Nantucket valuation using the relative approach?

Please comment on which EV ratio you think is more illustrative: EV/EBITDA or EV/EBIT? Why?

TRADING MULTIPLES 1996 Earnings 96 evenuEBITDA EBIT N Multiples EV (Mm) EVIRevenue EVIEBITDA EVIEBIT Margins EBITDA EBIT NI Company Ben & Jerry's Boston beer Celestial seasonings Cott. Corp Dreyers ice cream Robert mondavi Starbucks Weider nutrition Whikwsome Mean Nantucket 96 97e Nantucket Enterprise Value Estimates 96 97e PIE multip 1997 e 1998 e Industry mean Net income NANTUCKET TRADING MULTIPLES 1996 Earnings 96 evenuEBITDA EBIT N Multiples EV (Mm) EVIRevenue EVIEBITDA EVIEBIT Margins EBITDA EBIT NI Company Ben & Jerry's Boston beer Celestial seasonings Cott. Corp Dreyers ice cream Robert mondavi Starbucks Weider nutrition Whikwsome Mean Nantucket 96 97e Nantucket Enterprise Value Estimates 96 97e PIE multip 1997 e 1998 e Industry mean Net income NANTUCKET