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Global Ecology (Global Ecology) Debt-to-EBITDA : -4.38 (As of Sep. 2013)


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What is Global Ecology Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Global Ecology's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was $1.55 Mil. Global Ecology's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was $1.50 Mil. Global Ecology's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was $-0.70 Mil. Global Ecology's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 was -4.38.

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 Global Ecology's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

GLEC's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.72
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Global Ecology Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Ecology'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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Global Ecology Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Global Ecology Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -1.23 20.98 -2.09 -3.02 -4.47

Global Ecology Quarterly Data
Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13
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 -1.63 -5.97 -4.32 -6.48 -4.38

Competitive Comparison of Global Ecology's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Global Ecology'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.


Global Ecology's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Global Ecology's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Global Ecology Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Global Ecology's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.463 + 1.5) / -0.663
=-4.47

Global Ecology's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2013 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.55 + 1.5) / -0.696
=-4.38

* 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. 2013) EBITDA data.


Global Ecology  (OTCPK:GLEC) 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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Global Ecology (Global Ecology) Business Description

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96 Park Street, Montclair, NJ, USA, 07042
Global Ecology Corp is engaged in the development, production and marketing of advanced waste remediation technologies that address universal environmental issues.These issues include organic soil revitalization, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, solid waste remediation and point-of-use water purification solutions.

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