Brookfield Business Partners L.P.
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2025)

2025
Price/Earnings ratio
24.63
Price/Sales ratio
0.02
Earnings per Share (EPS)
$1.08

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
706.221.52257.33-21.2017.404.493.331.073.593.182.584.49
Price/Sales ratio
0.150.140.090.050.030.040.050.040.020.020.030.03
Price/Book Value ratio
0.470.520.640.770.190.170.030.030.010.80N/A0.17
Price/Cash Flow ratio
2.152.853.374.240.960.900.451.361.260.710.840.90
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
5.474.909.0824.591.612.030.699.52-1.73-9.70-2.912.03
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-7.110.00-2.730.01-0.080.010.140.00-0.040.08-0.00-0.08
Dividend Yield
27.89%48.57%2.20%1.21%2.48%1.83%2.01%4.96%9.62%3.71%1.11%1.83%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
11.31%9.19%7.21%4.14%8.16%10.93%13.73%7.37%7.72%3.98%11.81%8.16%
Operating Profit Margin
1.01%2.41%0.96%0.66%0.46%4.53%5.38%-2.66%-0.39%1.03%5.13%0.46%
Pretax Profit Margin
3.52%4.78%-2.73%0.97%3.50%1.45%1.95%4.97%0.13%7.01%10.63%3.50%
Net Profit Margin
0.02%0.65%0.03%-0.25%0.19%1.00%1.54%4.62%0.61%0.90%1.37%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%0.80%0.27%
Return On Equity
0.06%2.46%0.24%-3.65%1.13%3.92%1.10%3.53%0.54%25.37%45.57%1.13%
Return on Capital Employed
1.68%3.17%1.35%1.49%0.94%5.53%3.74%-1.98%-0.31%0.80%3.00%0.94%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/A1.591.131.081.161.19N/AN/AN/AN/A1.16
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
80.7095.7778.2755.4142.5141.3448.3842.4843.5739.7050.4142.51
Days of Inventory outstanding
9.0826.3031.9726.3133.5550.3059.3653.7853.0026.2641.5933.55
Operating Cycle
89.79122.08110.2481.7276.0691.64107.7496.2796.5865.9692.0176.06
Days of Payables Outstanding
65.3575.4765.4724.2019.4527.7933.4031.0028.1730.33N/A27.79
Cash Conversion Cycle
24.4346.6144.7657.5156.6163.8474.3465.2768.4035.6292.0156.61
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.180.270.180.200.390.430.430.460.520.510.510.39
Debt Equity Ratio
0.531.161.282.051.672.020.450.480.7222.53N/A2.02
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.180.460.480.600.580.650.290.300.390.9510.58
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.350.530.560.670.620.660.310.320.420.9510.62
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/A0.211.16N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.73N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
0.400.160.140.080.120.090.170.050.020.040.040.09
Company Equity Multiplier
2.934.276.799.974.204.681.041.051.3743.37N/A4.68
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
0.070.040.020.010.030.050.110.030.010.040.040.03
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
0.400.160.140.080.120.090.170.050.020.040.040.09
Short Term Coverage Ratio
0.680.640.550.350.731.892.440.600.230.64N/A1.89
Dividend Payout Ratio
19700%1045.45%566.66%-25.86%43.24%8.25%6.71%5.34%34.62%11.83%7.28%8.25%