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Vicon Industries (STU:VCI) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.92 (As of Sep. 2018)


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What is Vicon Industries Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Vicon Industries's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was €0.13 Mil. Vicon Industries's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was €4.67 Mil. Vicon Industries's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was €-2.50 Mil. Vicon Industries's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was -1.92.

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

STU:VCI's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.92
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Vicon Industries Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vicon Industries'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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Vicon Industries Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Vicon Industries Annual Data
Trend Sep09 Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - -0.15 -0.81 -1.24

Vicon Industries Quarterly Data
Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18
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 -0.57 -0.78 -1.06 -1.02 -1.92

Competitive Comparison of Vicon Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Vicon Industries'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.


Vicon Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Vicon Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vicon Industries Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Vicon Industries's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.129 + 4.671) / -3.878
=-1.24

Vicon Industries's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.129 + 4.671) / -2.504
=-1.92

* 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 (Sep. 2018) EBITDA data.


Vicon Industries  (STU:VCI) 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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Vicon Industries (STU:VCI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
135 Fell Court, Hauppauge, NY, USA, 11788
Vicon Industries Inc is a video management software company. It develops video management software and designs and markets a wide range of video system components. The company comprises principally of cameras, network video servers/recorders, encoders and mass storage units, used in security, surveillance, safety and control applications by a broad group of end users. Vicon operates within the electronic protection segment of the security industry. Its product line consists of various elements of a video system, including cameras for image capture, stand-alone network video management system (VMS) software and various video recording, storage, management and output devices and peripherals.

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