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Deltagen (Deltagen) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.00 (As of Jun. 2007)


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What is Deltagen Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Deltagen's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 was $0.00 Mil. Deltagen's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 was $0.00 Mil. Deltagen's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 was $-0.91 Mil. Deltagen's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 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 Deltagen's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DGEN's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 1.26
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Deltagen Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Deltagen'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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Deltagen Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Deltagen Annual Data
Trend Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec05 Dec06
Debt-to-EBITDA
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Deltagen Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Deltagen's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Deltagen'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.


Deltagen's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Deltagen's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Deltagen Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Deltagen's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006 is calculated as

Deltagen's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / -0.908
=0.00

* 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 (Jun. 2007) EBITDA data.


Deltagen  (OTCPK:DGEN) 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.


Deltagen Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Deltagen (Deltagen) Business Description

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Address
1900 S. Norfolk Street, Suite 105, San Mateo, CA, USA, 94403
Deltagen Inc is a provider of drug discovery tools and services to the biopharmaceutical industry.

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