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AlarmForce Industries (AlarmForce Industries) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.00 (As of Jul. 2017)


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What is AlarmForce Industries Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

AlarmForce Industries's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 was $0.00 Mil. AlarmForce Industries's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 was $0.00 Mil. AlarmForce Industries's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 was $3.20 Mil. AlarmForce Industries's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 was 0.00.

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 AlarmForce Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ARFCF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.83
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

AlarmForce Industries Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for AlarmForce Industries'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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AlarmForce Industries Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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Competitive Comparison of AlarmForce Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, AlarmForce Industries'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.


AlarmForce Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, AlarmForce Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where AlarmForce Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



AlarmForce Industries Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

AlarmForce Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2016 is calculated as

AlarmForce Industries's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2017 is calculated as

* 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 (Jul. 2017) EBITDA data.


AlarmForce Industries  (OTCPK:ARFCF) 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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AlarmForce Industries (AlarmForce Industries) Business Description

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AlarmForce Industries Inc is a Canada based company provides security based solutions. It primarily offers security alarm monitoring, personal emergency response monitoring, video surveillance and related services. The company provides home security systems, which includes home security; home automation; smoke, flood, and carbon monoxide detection, and Bundles. The company's business security systems include business security and video, business automation and customized solutions. The industry serves both residential and commercial market. Geographically the firm offers services to subscribers throughout Canada and selected centres across the United States of America. AlarmForce derives most of the revenue from the sale of security-based products.

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