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Bullboard - Stock Discussion Forum FormerXBC Inc XEBEQ

Xebec Adsorption Inc designs, engineers, and manufactures products that are used for purification, separation, dehydration, and filtration equipment for gases and compressed air. The company operates in three reportable segments: Systems, Corporate and other, and Support. Its product lines are natural gas dryers for natural gas refueling stations, compressed gas filtration, biogas purification,... see more

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FormerXBC Inc > sometimes the market is hard to figure out
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Post by tamaracktop on Jun 12, 2021 2:07am

sometimes the market is hard to figure out

Xebec has trailing revenues of $64.95 million and is capitalized at $658 million.
Cielo has 9 month trailing revenues of four thousand two hundred dollars and is capitalized at $594 million. 
Maybe it's because Cielo's operating profit margin is -98,397%.
That's not a typo. It's minus 98 thousand three hundred and ninety-seven percent.
It's facts like this that contribute to my insomnia.
I think.
Comment by WealthBuilder99 on Jun 12, 2021 10:36am
Comparing apples to oranges here. Cielo is a pre-revenue company. Meanwhile Xebec has had major operational blunders. They are growing their revenue well but margins are very low. Forecast was for 3-4% Ebitda margins for 2021 if I recall. I know these should improve going forward but still very disappointing. Dumped all my Xebec to harvest capital losses but may re-enter in time if the business ...more  
Comment by tamaracktop on Jun 12, 2021 4:44pm
Okay then. Now I understand.              Cielo is a "pre-revenue" company.              That explains everything!              Can you please tell me what Ballard and Plug and FuelCell's operating margins are?              Please. Enlighten me. ...more  
Comment by WealthBuilder99 on Jun 12, 2021 7:59pm
I'm just pointing out,  Cielo is developing what could be a game changing technology, I think comparing to its operating margin is irrelevant. Whether it's valuation is warranted remains to be seen. If it fails to deliver its valuation could collapse like Xebecs did from its former highs. When it came for Xebec to deliver, it's results were disappointing and I think it became ...more  
Comment by Ciao on Jun 12, 2021 8:37pm
WB,  There is still some legacy RNG business impacting EBITDA for 2021. Their intention moving forward is double digit EBITDA.
Comment by tamaracktop on Jun 13, 2021 12:44am
Cheers to you as well.
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