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Invu (LSE:INVU) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.14 (As of Jul. 2013)


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What is Invu Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Invu's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2013 was £0.03 Mil. Invu's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2013 was £0.02 Mil. Invu's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2013 was £0.35 Mil. Invu's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2013 was 0.14.

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

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

Invu Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Invu'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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Invu Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Invu Annual Data
Trend Jan07 Jan08 Jan09 Jan10 Jan11 Jan12 Jan13
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.08 -0.73 -83.15 1.14 0.17

Invu Semi-Annual Data
Jul08 Jan09 Jul09 Jan10 Jul10 Jan11 Jul11 Jan12 Jul12 Jan13 Jul13
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.50 0.50 0.29 0.11 0.14

Competitive Comparison of Invu's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Invu'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.


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

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

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



Invu Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Invu's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2013 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.03 + 0.034) / 0.378
=0.17

Invu's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2013 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.03 + 0.019) / 0.352
=0.14

* 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 (Jul. 2013) EBITDA data.


Invu  (LSE:INVU) 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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Invu (LSE:INVU) Business Description

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Invu PLC is a holding company. The company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the design and sale of computer software for the electronic management of information and documents in the United Kingdom. It offers, a document management solution with a series of preconfigured templates containing inbuilt scanning, integration with MS Office, email capture, document routing, and a secure repository.

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