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ZaZa Energy (ZaZa Energy) Debt-to-EBITDA : -7.62 (As of Jun. 2015)


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What is ZaZa Energy Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

ZaZa Energy's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $46.37 Mil. ZaZa Energy's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $49.26 Mil. ZaZa Energy's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was $-12.56 Mil. ZaZa Energy's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 was -7.62.

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

ZAZA's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 1.7
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

ZaZa Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for ZaZa Energy'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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ZaZa Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

ZaZa Energy Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Debt-to-EBITDA
- -5.17 2.13 -1.24 -64.50

ZaZa Energy Quarterly Data
Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15
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 -2.51 2.15 -7.39 -8.02 -7.62

Competitive Comparison of ZaZa Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, ZaZa Energy'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.


ZaZa Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, ZaZa Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



ZaZa Energy Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

ZaZa Energy's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(13.551 + 78.226) / -1.423
=-64.50

ZaZa Energy's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(46.365 + 49.255) / -12.556
=-7.62

* 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 (Jun. 2015) EBITDA data.


ZaZa Energy  (GREY:ZAZA) 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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ZaZa Energy (ZaZa Energy) Business Description

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Address
1301 McKinney Street, Suite 2800, Houston, TX, USA, 77010
ZaZa Energy Corp is an independent oil and gas company. The Company is focused on the exploration and production of unconventional and conventional oil and gas assets. It operates primarily through joint ventures in the Eagle Ford East trend in East Texas and the Eagle Ford trend in South Texas.

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