Alpha Technologies Group (Alpha Technologies Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.66 (As of Jul. 2004)

Alpha Technologies Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Alpha Technologies Group Annual Data
	Trend	Oct94	Oct95	Oct96	Oct97	Oct98	Oct99	Oct00	Oct01	Oct02	Oct03
Debt-to-EBITDA		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.95	0.28	3.62	-2.12	-2.08

Alpha Technologies Group Quarterly Data
	Oct99	Jan00	Apr00	Jul00	Oct00	Jan01	Apr01	Jul01	Oct01	Jan02	Apr02	Jul02	Oct02	Jan03	Apr03	Jul03	Oct03	Jan04	Apr04	Jul04
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.44	11.20	7.39	6.22	4.66

Competitive Comparison of Alpha Technologies Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Alpha Technologies 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.

Alpha Technologies Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Alpha Technologies Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Alpha Technologies Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Alpha Technologies Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2003 is calculated as

Alpha Technologies Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2004 is calculated as

* 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 (Jul. 2004) EBITDA data.

Alpha Technologies Group  (OTCPK:AHAG) 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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