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Image Metrics (Image Metrics) Debt-to-EBITDA : -11.96 (As of Sep. 2011)


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What is Image Metrics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Image Metrics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $10.01 Mil. Image Metrics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $0.27 Mil. Image Metrics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $-0.86 Mil. Image Metrics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was -11.95.

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 Image Metrics's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

IMGX's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 0.715
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Image Metrics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Image Metrics'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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Image Metrics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Image Metrics Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Sep10 Sep11
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -3.33 -2.97 -3.12 -0.37 82.25

Image Metrics Quarterly Data
Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11
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 -0.27 -0.63 -1.03 0.59 -11.96

Competitive Comparison of Image Metrics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Image Metrics'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.


Image Metrics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Image Metrics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Image Metrics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Image Metrics's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2011 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(10.009 + 0.272) / 0.125
=82.25

Image Metrics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(10.009 + 0.272) / -0.86
=-11.95

* 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. 2011) EBITDA data.


Image Metrics  (OTCPK:IMGX) 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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Image Metrics (Image Metrics) Business Description

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29 Nevada Street, El Segundo, CA, USA, 90405
Image Metrics Inc is engaged in the business of providing technology-based facial animation solutions to the interactive entertainment industry.

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