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Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.00 (As of May. 2014)


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What is Allocate Software Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Allocate Software's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 was £0.00 Mil. Allocate Software's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 was £0.00 Mil. Allocate Software's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 was £11.35 Mil. Allocate Software's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 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 Allocate Software's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:ALLA's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.06
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Allocate Software Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Allocate Software'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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Allocate Software Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Allocate Software Annual Data
Trend May05 May06 May07 May08 May09 May10 May11 May12 May13 May14
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.59 0.36 7.02 1.54 -

Allocate Software Semi-Annual Data
Nov04 May05 Nov05 May06 Nov06 May07 Nov07 May08 Nov08 May09 Nov09 May10 Nov10 May11 Nov11 May12 Nov12 May13 Nov13 May14
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 0.44 -15.27 0.73 - -

Competitive Comparison of Allocate Software's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Allocate Software'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.


Allocate Software's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Allocate Software's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Allocate Software Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Allocate Software's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2014 is calculated as

Allocate Software's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in May. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / 11.352
=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 two times the quarterly (May. 2014) EBITDA data.


Allocate Software  (LSE:ALLA) 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.


Allocate Software Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Allocate Software (LSE:ALLA) Business Description

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Allocate Software PLC is engaged in the development, sale and support of workforce management solutions, and the provision of related IT services to major healthcare, defence, government and commercial customers. The business of the company is focused principally on the Healthcare market in addition to Defence. Its segments are Licence, Subscriptions, Support, and Services. Licence and Subscriptions segments represent the sale of non-cancellable software licence agreements and subscriptions associated with that software. Support and Services segments represent the provision of installation, consulting, training and product support. It operates in UK, Europe, USA and Australia.

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