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Disclosures on equity (Details) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Disclosure of Disclosures on equity [Line Items] |  |  |
Net Financial Debt |  | $ 471,755 | $ 245,508
Liquidity |  | 4.32 | 3.29
Net Debt / Capitalization |  | 0.18 | 0.10
Return on equity |  | 20.7 | 19.1
Adjusted EBITDA |  | $ 885,652 | $ 901,856
EBITDA |  | $ 902,450 | $ 885,240
ROA |  | 20.31 | 21.3
Indebtedness |  | 1.00 | 0.91
Description Net Financial Debt | [1] | Financial Debt – Financial Resources |
Description Liquidity | [1] | Current Assets divided by Current Liabilities |
Description Net Debt / Capitalization | [1] | Net Financial Debt divided by Total Equity |
Description ROE | [1] | Profit for the year divided by Total Equity |
Description adjusted EBITDA | [1] | Adjusted EBITDA |
Description EBITDA | [1] | EBITDA |
Description ROA | [1] | (Adjusted EBITDA – Depreciation) divided by Total Assets net of financial resources less related parties’ investments |
Description Indebtedness | [1] | Total Liabilities on Equity |
Calculation Net Financial Debt | [1] | Other current Financial Liabilities + Other Non-Current Financial Liabilities – Cash and Cash Equivalents – Other Current Financial Assets – Hedging Assets, non-current |
Calculation Liquidity | [1] | Total Current Assets / Total Current Liabilities |
Calculation Net Debt / Capitalization | [1] | Net financial debt / Total Equity |
Calculation ROE | [1],[2] | LTM |
Calculation Adjusted EBITDA | [1] | Profit for the year + Depreciation and Amortization Expenses + Finance Costs + Income Tax – Other income – Other gains (losses) - Share of Profit of associates and joint ventures accounted for using the equity method + Other expenses by function + Net impairment gains or reversal (losses) of financial assets – Finance income – Currency differences |
Calculation EBITDA | [1] | Profit for the year + Depreciation and Amortization Expenses + Finance Costs + Income Tax |
Calculation ROA | [1] | (LTM Gross Profit – Administrative Expenses)/ (Total Assets – Cash and Cash Equivalents – Other Current Financial Assets – Other Non-Current Financial Assets – Equity-accounted Investments) |
Calculation Indebtedness | [1] | Total Liabilities / Total Equity |
[1] | Assumes the absolute value of the accounting records
[2] | Last 12 months

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