Noble Investments (UK) (LSE:NBL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.48 (As of Feb. 2013)

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What is Noble Investments (UK) Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Noble Investments (UK)'s Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 was £0.18 Mil. Noble Investments (UK)'s Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 was £0.79 Mil. Noble Investments (UK)'s annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 was £2.00 Mil. Noble Investments (UK)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 was 0.48.

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 Noble Investments (UK)'s Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:NBL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 0.33
Current: 0.33

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Noble Investments (UK) was 0.33. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

LSE:NBL's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.85 vs LSE:NBL: 0.33

Noble Investments (UK) Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Noble Investments (UK)'s Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Noble Investments (UK) Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Noble Investments (UK) Annual Data

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Competitive Comparison of Noble Investments (UK)'s Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Noble Investments (UK)'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.

Noble Investments (UK)'s Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Noble Investments (UK)'s Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Noble Investments (UK)'s Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Noble Investments (UK) Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Noble Investments (UK)'s Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0	+	0)	/	3.823
	=	0.00

Noble Investments (UK)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2013 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0.178	+	0.786)	/	2.002
	=	0.48

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 (Feb. 2013) EBITDA data.

Noble Investments (UK) (LSE:NBL) 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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http://www.nobleinvestmentsplc.com

Noble Investments (UK) PLC is engaged in collectibles retail trading and auctions, including rare coins, stamps, tokens, medals and banknotes. Its two segments are Retail trading and related; and Auctions, commissions and fees. Its provides personalized consultancy services to collectors and dealers in English, Ancient and Foreign coins, Commemorative medals and World tokens, Numismatic and Philatelic Books, Banknotes and Paper Ephemera, Military orders and decorations, and World stamps. It operates under Baldwins's and Apex brands. The group has operations in United Kingdom, North America, Europe, and in other part of the world.