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Seven Arts Entertainment (Seven Arts Entertainment) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.46 (As of Mar. 2014)


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What is Seven Arts Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Seven Arts Entertainment's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $18.72 Mil. Seven Arts Entertainment's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $0.00 Mil. Seven Arts Entertainment's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was $-12.84 Mil. Seven Arts Entertainment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 was -1.46.

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 Seven Arts Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SAPX's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 1.69
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Seven Arts Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Seven Arts Entertainment'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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Seven Arts Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Seven Arts Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Mar04 Mar05 Mar06 Mar07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.98 5.52 2.46 -3.02 -1.00

Seven Arts Entertainment Quarterly Data
Sep07 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14
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 -3.79 -0.28 -10.19 1.95 -1.46

Competitive Comparison of Seven Arts Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Entertainment subindustry, Seven Arts Entertainment'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.


Seven Arts Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Seven Arts Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Seven Arts Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Seven Arts Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(15.632 + 0) / -15.563
=-1.00

Seven Arts Entertainment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(18.724 + 0) / -12.844
=-1.46

* 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 (Mar. 2014) EBITDA data.


Seven Arts Entertainment  (OTCPK:SAPX) 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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Seven Arts Entertainment (Seven Arts Entertainment) Business Description

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Address
3440 Oakliff Road, Suite 104, Atlanta, GA, USA, 82009
Seven Arts Pictures PLC is an independent motion picture production and distribution business, engaged in the development, acquisition, production, and licensing of theatrical motion pictures for exhibition in domestic (ie. the US and Canada) and foreign theatrical markets, and for subsequent worldwide release in other forms of media, including home video/dvd and pay and free television.