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Water Hall Group (LSE:WTH) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.08 (As of Dec. 2012)


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What is Water Hall Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Water Hall Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was £0.00 Mil. Water Hall Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was £0.20 Mil. Water Hall Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was £-2.43 Mil. Water Hall Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was -0.08.

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 Water Hall Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:WTH's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 3.24
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Water Hall Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Water Hall Group'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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Water Hall Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Water Hall Group Annual Data
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Water Hall Group Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Water Hall Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Waste Management subindustry, Water Hall Group'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.


Water Hall Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Water Hall Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Water Hall Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Water Hall Group'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
=(0 + 0.199) / -1.473
=-0.14

Water Hall Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(0 + 0.199) / -2.434
=-0.08

* 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 (Dec. 2012) EBITDA data.


Water Hall Group  (LSE:WTH) 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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Water Hall Group (LSE:WTH) Business Description

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Water Hall Group PLC is incorporated in the United Kingdom. The Company is a holding company.

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