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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 > Food for thought
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Post by Newtrader1982 on Sep 01, 2021 1:50pm

Food for thought

Some companies can misuse the EBITDA margin in order to make their company seem more profitable, given that the EBITDA excludes debt in its calculations. For this reason, companies who hold a lot of debt and have higher interest payments generally should not use EBITDA to evaluate their efficiency. Additionally, because the EBITDA margin is typically a bit higher than a profit margin, companies that don't have very high profitability shouldn't use EBITDA either, as it may overestimate their company's position. And, as a non-GAAP metric, EBITDA margins can sometimes be manipulated by companies, which can be dangerous or harmful for investors and analysts. Even Forbes claimed that the EBITDA was a "Great Big Lie" in 2011 - stating that EBITDA makes asset-heavy companies look better, is selective about debt, ignores working capital requirements and lacks GAAP guidelines.
Comment by Mick67 on Sep 01, 2021 4:37pm
Newtrader - appreciate your input but you need to get smarter to post as much as you do. Anyone that knows anything about financials knows that companies can manipulate any and all metrics be it EBITDA, net income ect.  It is very subjective and thats why with established companies those with the higher multiples have strong free cash flow as you can't manipulate cash. And typically if ...more  
Comment by filoux004 on Sep 01, 2021 4:56pm
Great feedback thank you
Comment by Newtrader1982 on Sep 01, 2021 4:58pm
ok thanks I will get smarter before posting again on this free public forum. I will leave the posting to filoux004 to talk about cts and pkk and jk all day and we can also get many unknown facts about snakes, annie lennox and Portuguese girls Instead.
Comment by filoux004 on Sep 01, 2021 5:03pm
Sounds like you qualified for that especially the young Portuguese girls , keep me posted go Yankees go
Comment by Ciao on Sep 01, 2021 5:21pm
Agreed, XBC will have a marked improvement in upcoming financial reports. The importance of separating and understanding financial metrics: The TD analyst noted in a report today that GRN is asset light. GRN won't have to worry much about the D and A in EBITDA affecting their net income in stark contrast to asset heavy XBC.
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