The phrase "amortization on" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is usually used to refer to the process of gradually writing off the cost of an asset (such as expenses related to the purchase of property) over a period of time. For example: The company took out a loan to purchase the new equipment, and must set aside funds for amortization on the loan each month.
That equates to a lofty 10.6 times 2014 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, on Espirito Santo numbers.
The unit lost $6.7 million in the fourth quarter, before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, on sales of $17.6 million.
Jeff Wlodarczak, an analyst at the Pivotal Research Group, said the purchase price amounts to 8.5 times Bresnan's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; on average, publicly traded cable companies trade at 5.8 times adjusted earnings.
The company said it earned 32 million euros ($45 million) before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, on revenue of about 200 million euros, roughly in line with its results in 2007.
Last year, AOL Europe, which includes operations in Britain, Germany and France, lost $629 million (based on earnings before income taxes, depreciation and amortization) on $905 million in revenue.
At the same time, Canadian consumers have taken on increased debt in recent years, while the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, a government-established national housing agency, for a time stretched the amortization on home loans to 40 years from 25 and began insuring loans for which buyers made no down payment.
In the fiscal year ended March 31, American Media had earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $148.3 million on revenues of $399.7 million.
For the first six months of the year, Paxson reported earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization of $23.6 million on net revenues of $141.2 million.
NBA teams posted an average profit (in the sense of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $9.8 million, on revenues of $119 million.
It is an amazing feat considering the Sabres finished last in the NHL's Northeast Division just three years ago, when they also had an operating loss (before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $5.3 million on revenues of $50 million.
The average hockey team is now worth $200 million and last season posted a profit (in the sense of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) of $3.2 million on revenue of $81 million.
