The EV/EBITDA of New West Energy Services Inc. is N/A
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.
New West Energy Services Inc. provides waste management and environmental services to the drilling, completions, and production sectors of the oil and gas industry in Canada. The company operates through two business segments: Vacuum and Water Truck Services, and Environmental Services. Its environmental services cover drilling waste testing, disposal, and treatment; mud system management; disposal management and coordination; pipeline crossings project management; sump suitability assessments; spill response and management; pre-disturbance environmental assessments and approvals; and drilling and completions water management, including TDL application, sourcing, monitoring, and usage tracking. The company was formerly known as Lexacal Investment Corp. and changed its name to New West Energy Services Inc. in October 2007. New West Energy Services Inc. was incorporated in 1986 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.