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American Overseas Group (American Overseas Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : N/A (As of Jun. 2009)


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What is American Overseas Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

American Overseas Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 was $0.00 Mil. American Overseas Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 was $35.00 Mil. American Overseas Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 was $0.00 Mil.

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 American Overseas Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

AOREF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 1.4
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

American Overseas Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for American Overseas Group'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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American Overseas Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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Competitive Comparison of American Overseas Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Insurance - Reinsurance subindustry, American Overseas 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.


American Overseas Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, American Overseas Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



American Overseas Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

American Overseas Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as

American Overseas Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2009 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 (Jun. 2009) EBITDA data.


American Overseas Group  (OTCPK:AOREF) 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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American Overseas Group (American Overseas Group) Business Description

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Address
Cumberland House 6th Floor 1 Victoria Street, Hamilton, BMU, HM 11
American Overseas Group Ltd is a Barbados-based insurance and reinsurance group with tax residency in the United Kingdom. The company's core business has transitioned from financial guaranty reinsurance, mostly of public finance and structured finance debt obligations, to writing nonstandard auto insurance through its Texas-based subsidiary.
Executives
Edward U Gilpin officer: Chief Financial Officer 134 HOMMELVILLE ROAD, SAUGERTIES NY 12477
Bradley M Shuster director 2100 POWELL STREET, 12TH FLOOR, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
Joseph M Donovan director 2929 ARCH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19104-2870
David L Boyle director C/O AMBAC FINANCIAL GROUP INC, 1 STATE STREET PLAZA, NEW YORK NY 10004
Allan S Bufferd director
Cummings Robert F Jr 10 percent owner C/O MOORE CORP, ONE CANTARBURG GREET, STAMFORD CT 006901
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Robert Hamwee 10 percent owner C/O NEW MOUNTAIN FINANCE CORPORATION, 787 7TH AVENUE, 48TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Eckert Alfred C Iii 10 percent owner 12 EAST 49TH STREET SUITE 3200 NEW YORK NY 10017
Richard M Hayden 10 percent owner
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