Brookfield Business Partners L.P.
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2025)

2025
Price/Earnings ratio
38.93
Price/Sales ratio
0.04
Earnings per Share (EPS)
CA$1.49

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
789.2520.20256.52-21.3017.624.243.361.077.039.117.337.33
Price/Sales ratio
0.170.130.090.050.030.040.050.040.040.070.030.03
Price/Book Value ratio
0.520.490.190.200.200.160.170.170.132.30N/A0.16
Price/Cash Flow ratio
2.412.673.364.260.970.850.461.362.472.062.410.97
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
6.114.609.0524.711.631.920.699.49-3.39-27.79-2.941.92
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-7.940.00-2.720.01-0.080.000.210.00-0.07-1.21-0.01-0.08
Dividend Yield
24.96%51.75%2.20%1.21%2.45%0.97%1.02%1.60%0.76%20.33%0.82%0.97%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
11.31%9.19%7.21%4.14%8.16%10.93%13.73%7.37%7.72%9.16%11.83%8.16%
Operating Profit Margin
4.26%2.07%0.23%1.03%4.42%4.53%5.38%-2.66%-0.39%6.37%1.15%4.53%
Pretax Profit Margin
3.52%4.78%-2.73%0.97%3.50%1.45%1.95%4.97%0.13%6.75%10.66%3.50%
Net Profit Margin
0.02%0.65%0.03%-0.25%0.19%1.00%1.54%4.62%0.61%0.87%1.40%0.19%
Effective Tax Rate
11.04%16.71%7.33%3.58%7.53%30.67%20.98%7.11%-361.03%-1.47%-10.40%30.67%
Return on Assets
0.02%0.57%0.03%-0.36%0.27%0.83%1.05%3.35%0.39%0.58%0.81%0.27%
Return On Equity
0.06%2.46%0.07%-0.95%1.13%3.92%5.11%16.56%1.92%25.24%46.39%1.13%
Return on Capital Employed
7.06%2.72%0.33%2.32%9.01%5.53%3.74%-1.98%-0.31%5.15%0.67%5.53%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Quick Ratio
0.941.031.231.110.780.4612.675.080.590.78N/A0.46
Cash ratio
0.100.140.410.190.210.124.491.590.160.22N/A0.12
Days of Sales Outstanding
80.7095.7792.2558.3547.2645.0646.4942.4843.5738.1650.7547.26
Days of Inventory outstanding
9.0826.3031.9726.3133.5550.3059.3653.7853.0026.7441.8833.55
Operating Cycle
89.79122.08124.2384.6680.8295.36105.8596.2796.5864.9092.6480.82
Days of Payables Outstanding
65.3575.4765.4724.2019.4527.7933.4031.0028.1730.89N/A27.79
Cash Conversion Cycle
24.4346.6158.7560.4561.3667.5672.4565.2768.4034.0192.6461.36
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.180.270.180.200.460.430.430.460.520.510.510.46
Debt Equity Ratio
0.531.160.380.531.952.022.092.292.5622.42N/A2.02
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.180.460.220.280.620.650.670.670.690.9510.62
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.350.530.270.340.660.660.670.690.710.9510.66
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.400.160.140.080.100.090.170.050.020.040.040.09
Company Equity Multiplier
2.934.272.022.604.204.684.824.934.8443.15N/A4.68
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.070.040.020.010.030.050.110.030.010.030.040.03
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
0.390.580.370.170.590.440.660.14-0.72-0.07-0.280.44
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
0.400.160.140.080.100.090.170.050.020.040.040.09
Short Term Coverage Ratio
0.680.640.550.350.731.896.890.600.230.64N/A1.89
Dividend Payout Ratio
19700%1045.45%566.66%-25.86%43.24%4.14%3.44%1.71%5.35%185.26%3.04%4.14%