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Agent Information Software (Agent Information Software) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.35 (As of Dec. 2003)


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What is Agent Information Software Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Agent Information Software's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 was $0.03 Mil. Agent Information Software's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 was $0.42 Mil. Agent Information Software's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 was $1.30 Mil. Agent Information Software's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 was 0.34.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Agent Information Software's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

AIFS's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.06
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Agent Information Software Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Agent Information Software's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Agent Information Software Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Agent Information Software Annual Data
Trend Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03
Debt-to-EBITDA
1.84 27.01 -62.73 0.23 0.29

Agent Information Software Quarterly Data
Dec99 Mar00 Jun00 Sep00 Dec00 Mar01 Jun01 Sep01 Dec01 Mar02 Jun02 Sep02 Dec02 Mar03 Jun03 Sep03 Dec03
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.14 0.52 0.03 0.02 0.35

Competitive Comparison of Agent Information Software's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Agent Information Software's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Agent Information Software's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Agent Information Software's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Agent Information Software's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Agent Information Software Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Agent Information Software's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2003 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.029 + 0.418) / 1.568
=0.29

Agent Information Software's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2003 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.029 + 0.418) / 1.296
=0.34

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2003) EBITDA data.


Agent Information Software  (OTCPK:AIFS) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Agent Information Software (Agent Information Software) Business Description

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Address
760 East Francis Street, Units C & D, Ontario, CA, USA, 91761
Agent Information Software Inc provides software products and services that create, manage, publish, and access information content through the Internet or the web. The company offers data automation solutions to customers across multiple industries. Additionally, it also renders software as a service (SaaS), database subscriptions, software maintenance, and support contract services. The Company derives its revenues from various software subscriptions, maintenance and support services, licensing and other non-recurring services.