Affinity Education Group (FRA:A0J) Debt-to-EBITDA : 8.07 (As of Jun. 2015)

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What is Affinity Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Affinity Education Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was €0.3 Mil. Affinity Education Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was €23.3 Mil. Affinity Education Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was €2.9 Mil. Affinity Education Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was 8.07.

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 Affinity Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:A0J's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked ^*
in the Personal Services industry.
Industry Median: 3.48
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Affinity Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Affinity Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Affinity Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Affinity Education Group Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Debt-to-EBITDA

11.75

Affinity Education Group Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15
Debt-to-EBITDA	-0.11	2.25	8.07

Competitive Comparison of Affinity Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Personal Services subindustry, Affinity Education Group'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.

Affinity Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Personal Services Industry

For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Affinity Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Affinity Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Affinity Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0.456	+	14.759)	/	1.295
	=	11.75

Affinity Education Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0.273	+	23.321)	/	2.924
	=	8.07

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 two times the quarterly (Jun. 2015) EBITDA data.

Affinity Education Group (FRA:A0J) 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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Affinity Education Group (FRA:A0J) Business Description

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http://investors.affinityeducation.com.au

Affinity Education Group Ltd was incorporated on 21st May, 2013. The Company provides education and care to children aged six weeks to 12 years. Provision of these services includes long day care, before and after school care and occasional care. Its segments include Long day care centers, Outside school-hours care, Family day care, and Occasional care. Long day care centers are set up to primarily offer care to below school age children with working parents. The care can be both full-and-part time. Outside school-hours care provides before and after school short-term care to children of primary school age. Vacation care is also considered part of this segment, providing child care services to parents during school holidays. Family day care is the only area of child care approved under the National Quality Framework that takes place outside of a center, with care provided in the home of an approved educator. This type of care can be all day, part time, occasional or outside school hours. Occasional care offers child care services for children on a casual basis. Centers offering occasional services are primarily set up to provide flexibility to parents with irregular working hours or short-term needs. As with family day care, occasional care is a capped program.

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