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Fortitude Group (Fortitude Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.32 (As of Sep. 2010)


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What is Fortitude Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Fortitude Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $0.08 Mil. Fortitude Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $0.00 Mil. Fortitude Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $-0.23 Mil. Fortitude Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was -0.32.

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

FRTD's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 1.275
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Fortitude Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortitude Group'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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Fortitude Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Fortitude Group Annual Data
Trend Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.17 -0.15 -0.56 -0.25 -0.44

Fortitude Group Quarterly Data
Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10
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 -0.38 -0.43 -1.21 -0.68 -0.32

Competitive Comparison of Fortitude Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Asset Management subindustry, Fortitude 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.


Fortitude Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Fortitude Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fortitude Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Fortitude Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2009 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.075 + 0.255) / -0.753
=-0.44

Fortitude Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.075 + 0) / -0.232
=-0.32

* 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 (Sep. 2010) EBITDA data.


Fortitude Group  (OTCPK:FRTD) 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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Fortitude Group (Fortitude Group) Business Description

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Address
1001 State Street, Erie, PA, USA, 16501
Fortitude Group Inc is a diversified investment company. It invests in multiple sectors of the economy targeting joint ventures, wholly owned subsidiaries and or majority/minority positions that cross various market segments with the goal of creating a quality company that builds intrinsic value for its shareholders.

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