EV / EBITDA von American States Water Co. ist 18.17
EV / EBITDA ist der Unternehmenswert geteilt durch das Einkommen vor Zinsen, Steuern, Abschreibungen und Amortisationen. Es ist ein Maß dafür, wie teuer eine Aktie ist und für Vergleiche zwischen Unternehmen häufiger gültig ist als das Preis-Gewinn-Verhältnis. Er misst den Preis (in Form des Unternehmenswerts), den ein Investor zu Gunsten des Cashflows des Unternehmens (in Form des EBITDA) bezahlt.
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.
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