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Blue Sphere (Blue Sphere) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.51 (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Blue Sphere Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Blue Sphere's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $13.25 Mil. Blue Sphere's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $14.66 Mil. Blue Sphere's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $6.20 Mil. Blue Sphere's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 4.50.

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 Blue Sphere's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BLSP's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry.
Industry Median: 4.45
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Blue Sphere Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blue Sphere'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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Blue Sphere Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Blue Sphere Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.05 -0.13 -1.21 -7.35 -20.24

Blue Sphere Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -9.05 -12.25 -22.03 -10.86 4.51

Competitive Comparison of Blue Sphere's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Renewable subindustry, Blue Sphere'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.


Blue Sphere's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Independent Power Producers Industry

For the Utilities - Independent Power Producers industry and Utilities sector, Blue Sphere's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Blue Sphere Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Blue Sphere's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(13.252 + 14.658) / -1.379
=-20.24

Blue Sphere's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(13.252 + 14.658) / 6.196
=4.50

* 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. 2018) EBITDA data.


Blue Sphere  (GREY:BLSP) 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.


Blue Sphere Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Blue Sphere (Blue Sphere) Business Description

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Address
301 McCullough Drive, 4th Floor, Charlotte, NC, USA, 28262
Blue Sphere Corp is an international clean-tech independent power producer that develops, owns and manages waste-to-energy facilities. It focuses on developing or acquiring projects with clean energy technologies, including waste-to-energy facilities that generate clean energy, such as electricity, natural gas, heat, soil amendment and other by-products. Geographically operates the project in the region of United States, Italy, and Israel.
Executives
Yosef Keret officer: Chief Financial Officer 4 YEHOSHUA BEN NOON ST., HOD HASHARON L3 4523602
Ran Daniel officer: Chief Financial Officer 101 WEST 90TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10024
Lyron L Bentovim other: Former Director 60 CUTTER MILL ROAD, GREAT NECK, NEW YORK NY 11021
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Alex Weber officer: Chief Financial Officer POB - 961, NARKIS 2, KOHAV YAIR L3 44864