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TTM Revenue / LTM Revenues

LTM revenue which stands for Last Twelve Months revenue (also known as TTM – trailing twelve months revenue) is the total revenue of a company in the twelve months prior to the date of measurement; this helps in valuation of the company during a certain period of time.

What is TTM Revenue / LTM Revenue?

  • LTM revenue is an interesting concept. And every investor should look at how it works.
  • LTM stands for the last twelve months. These last twelve months revenue can also be called as TTM revenue (Trailing Twelve Months).
  • When an investor wants to understand how a firm is doing financially, she uses LTM revenue as a measurement. And in most cases, firms prepare their financial reports for the past twelve months (which is actually the last 12 months).
  • LTM Revenue/TTM Revenue helps us look at a profit for the whole year instead of just having a brief glance on quarterly profits.

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LTM Revenue vs. Quarterly Revenue – Which is better for Financial Analysis

Let’s understand this by taking an example.

Let’s say that Company Prince Toys Ltd. has the following information –

  • TTM Revenue for the last year – $400,000
  • Quarterly revenue for the last quarter – $92,000

If, as an investor, we just look at the last quarter or for two quarters, we would get a recent figure. But the point is by looking at the recent figure, you’re skipping an important consideration.

By looking at quarterly revenue, you’re not able to judge whether the company has earned that revenue due to seasonal reasons. It may so happen that due to the festive season, the firm has sold more toys than the rest of the year. Or on the other hand, it may sell fewer toys due to labor problems, strikes, etc.

As an investor, to understand a company’s financial health, you need to look at it holistically, not partially.

That’s why understanding TTM Revenue is more important than the Quarterly Revenue.

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Calculate TTM Revenue

If you’re a finance junkie, it would be quite easy for you. For investors who have just started out, this method would be useful to you on two bases –

  • You would be able to calculate the LTM Revenue of any year of any firm.
  • You would be able to compare the LTM Revenue of the same/different firm/s whenever you get the figure.

Let’s look at the method of calculating LTM Revenue.

Oh Yes, the Ice-cream Company has the following information for you –

Quarter 2016 2017
July to September $50,000 –
October to December $62,000 –
January to March – $54,000
April to June – $49,000
July to September – $57,000

Find out the LTM Revenue for June 2016 and September 2016.

All we need to do is to add quarterly revenues.

So, we will first calculate the TTM Revenue for June 2016.

  • For calculating TTM Revenue for June 2016, we need to add July to September, October to December, January to March, and April to June.
  • Here’s the calculation = ($50,000 + $62,000 + $54,000 + $49,000) = $215,000.

Now, we will calculate the TTM Revenue for September 2016.

  • For calculating the TTM Revenue for September 2016, we need to add October to December, January to March, April to June, July to September.
  • Here’s the calculation = ($62,000 + $54,000 + $49,000 + 57,000) = $222,000.

Calculating the Last twelve months revenues for June 2016 and September 2016 have served a purpose. As an investor, you can now look at the quarterly revenues holistically (not periodically).

Since the LTM revenues average out the seasonal changes (if any) from quarterly revenues. As a result, LTM/TTM revenues provide more clarity to the investors before they ever get interested in investing in the company.

Even the balance sheet doesn’t get affected by the Last twelve months Revenue. The balance sheet is prepared at a single point of time, no matter what happens throughout the year.

Use of LTM Revenue

Why investors and financial analysts use LTM Revenue? Here’s a small list –

  • The last twelve months Revenue is considered more recent than the annual reports. If the investor looks at the annual report in the mid of the next year, she would only understand what happens during the last year. As a result, the first 6 months of this year will be skipped. But if she calculates LTM revenue, she would get the most recent figures of the company.
  • Short-term measurements don’t serve investors and financial analysts. Revenue for the immediate year may not be a big chunk of time, but it serves the purpose.
  • Financial analysts prefer TTM revenue because, while acquisition, TTM revenue provides the most accurate value of the business.
  • The last twelve months’ revenue allows investors to compare the relative performances of similar companies under the same industry.

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This article has been a guide to LTM Revenues and its meaning. Here we discuss how to Calculate TTM Revenue (Trailing Twelve Months) along with examples. Here we also discuss why LTM revenue is very important for financial analysis.

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