Western Wind Energy Corp V.WND

$3 - $ 4 article

[Aprilk]

https://www.theprovince.com/business/Market+sees+bigger+offers+coming+Western+Wind/7632184/story.html#axzz2DiIJBTvI

[peter75]

read that as well on about 5 different producers sites

[agrossfarm]

That article is only part of the original Bloomberg article, which foolishly touts WND as the most expensive acquisition because it uses trailing 12 months EBITDA rather than forward 12 month EBITDA as the basis of comparison. Acquirors buy future earnings (or EBITDA), not past earnings. And past 12 months EBITDA for WND does not include operating results for most of its capacity, which only came

[peter75]

Agros I know its hard to speculate but if and when wnd is aquired by a like company do you foresee  a firm dropping all sorts of savings through elimanation of duplication right to the bottom line I calculate it could be as much as 9 to 12 cents a year

[agrossfarm]

An acquiror is not looking at earnings, IMO. They are irrelvant. They look at EBITDA, OPEX, revenue escalator clauses, what existing loans will remain, and what loans can be paid off and replaced by lower-cost loans, taxes and tax liabilities. 

[Nakate]

I'm getting annoyed at this open jawed wholy moley "Thats the most expensive valuation for this kind of company yet" like it does not deserve to be treated like a normal company but some kind of loser wanna be company cause  you ain't cool enough to be included in the real company list.

[agrossfarm]

The author of the Bloomberg article probably has his/her email address on the story, if you want to write and set the person straight. Perhaps they will update the story and get it right next time. But if you complain without providing factual justification for making the article better, they just dismiss you as a disgruntled shareholder.  On the other hand, perhaps you can think of the

[babloo]

i did send her an email..she is quote the hottie.... check her twitter page