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Abtech Holdings (Abtech Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.37 (As of Sep. 2018)


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What is Abtech Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Abtech Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $1.13 Mil. Abtech Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $0.08 Mil. Abtech Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was $-3.24 Mil. Abtech Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2018 was -0.37.

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 Abtech Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ABHD's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.72
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Abtech Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Abtech Holdings'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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Abtech Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Abtech Holdings Annual Data
Trend May08 May09 May10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.65 -1.63 -0.13 -1.09 -0.34

Abtech Holdings 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 -0.36 -0.30 -0.32 -0.38 -0.37

Competitive Comparison of Abtech Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Abtech Holdings'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.


Abtech Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Abtech Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Abtech Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Abtech Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.188 + 0.034) / -3.64
=-0.34

Abtech Holdings'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
=(1.129 + 0.083) / -3.244
=-0.37

* 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.


Abtech Holdings  (OTCPK:ABHD) 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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Abtech Holdings (Abtech Holdings) Business Description

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Address
4110 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 235, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85251
Abtech Holdings Inc is a full-service environmental technology and engineering firm. The company operates in one business segment which is the Filtration and Treatment of Polluted Water. Abtech sells products and systems for the treatment of stormwater, industrial process water and produced water in oil and gas extraction operations. It also provides water management solutions for upstream, midstream and downstream industries in oil and gas. Its product portfolio comprises Smart Sponge, Ultra-Urban Filter, Smart Vault, Line Skimmer, Bilge Skimmer and Smart Drum.
Executives
William C Mccartney director WATTS INDUSTRIES INC, ROUTE 815 CHESTNUT ST, NORTH ANDOVER MA 01845
Steven W Kohlhagen director AMETEK, INC., 1100 CASSATT ROAD, BERWYN PA 19312

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