The EV/EBITDA of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. is 20.78
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.
about consolidated water co. ltd. consolidated water co. ltd. develops and operates seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems in areas of the world where naturally occurring supplies of potable water are scarce or nonexistent. consolidated water operates water production and/or distribution facilities in the cayman islands, belize, the british virgin islands, the commonwealth of the bahamas, and bali, indonesia. we have more than 35 years of experience in developing and operating sea water reverse osmosis (swro) plants and water distribution systems. since 1973, consolidated water has grown from a locally owned cayman islands company to an international organization. we currently operate in the following countries: bahamas, belize, bermuda, british virgin islands, indonesia and cayman islands. we have three principal business segments: retail water operations, bulk water operations and engineering & management services. consolidated water’s common stock is listed on t