American States Water Co EV/EBITDA
What is the EV/EBITDA of American States Water Co?
The EV/EBITDA of American States Water Co. is 18.17
What is the definition of EV/EBITDA?
EV/EBITDA is enterprise value divided by earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization. It is a measure of how expensive a stock is and is more frequently valid for comparisons across companies than the price to earnings ratio. It measures the price (in the form of enterprise value) an investor pays for the benefit of the company’s cash flow (in the form of EBITDA).
= enterprise value / EBITDA
Price to earnings ratios are impacted by a company's choice of capital structure - companies which raise money via debt will have lower P/Es (and therefore look cheaper) than companies that raise an equivalent amount of money by issuing shares, even though the two companies might have equivalent enterprise values. A sample case is when a company with debt were to raise money by issuing shares of stock, and then used the money to pay off the debt, this company's P/E ratio would shoot up because of the increased number of shares - although nothing about the fundamental value of the business has changed. EV / EBITDA is unaffected by capital structure as enterprise value includes the value of debt, and EBITDA is available to all investors (debt and equity) as it excludes interest payments on that debt. It is ideal for analysts and potential investors looking to compare companies within the same industry.
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What does American States Water Co do?
about the company: american states water company (awr) is the parent company of both golden state water company (gswc) and american states utility services, inc. (asus). through golden state water company, awr provides water service to approximately 258,000 customers located within 75 communities throughout 10 counties in northern, coastal and southern california. the company also distributes electricity to approximately 24,000 customers in the city of big bear and surrounding areas in san bernardino county, california through the services of bear valley electric services (bves). through its contracted services subsidiary, american states utility services, inc. (asus), the company provides operations, maintenance and construction management services for water and wastewater systems located on military bases throughout the country through 50-year privatization contracts with the u.s. government. american states water company has paid dividends to shareholders every year since 1931, incr
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