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Allegiant Professional Business Services (Allegiant Professional Business Services) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.27 (As of Dec. 2008)


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What is Allegiant Professional Business Services Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Allegiant Professional Business Services's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was $1.49 Mil. Allegiant Professional Business Services's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was $0.00 Mil. Allegiant Professional Business Services's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was $-5.56 Mil. Allegiant Professional Business Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 was -0.27.

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 Allegiant Professional Business Services's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

APRO'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.

Allegiant Professional Business Services Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Allegiant Professional Business Services'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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Allegiant Professional Business Services Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Allegiant Professional Business Services Annual Data
Trend Sep05 Sep06 Sep07 Sep08
Debt-to-EBITDA
- - - -0.26

Allegiant Professional Business Services Quarterly Data
Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.26 13.46 -3.91 -0.07 -0.27

Competitive Comparison of Allegiant Professional Business Services's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Allegiant Professional Business Services'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.


Allegiant Professional Business Services's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Allegiant Professional Business Services's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Allegiant Professional Business Services Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Allegiant Professional Business Services's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.969 + 0) / -11.483
=-0.26

Allegiant Professional Business Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.494 + 0) / -5.564
=-0.27

* 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 (Dec. 2008) EBITDA data.


Allegiant Professional Business Services  (OTCPK:APRO) 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.


Allegiant Professional Business Services Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Allegiant Professional Business Services (Allegiant Professional Business Services) Business Description

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Address
11838 Bernardo Plaza Ct., Suite 240, San Diego, CA, USA, 92128
Allegiant Professional Business Services Inc is a comprehensive employer business solutions provider like payroll processing, tax administration, workers' compensation insurance, human resources, and employee benefits.
Executives
James M Cassidy 10 percent owner 215 APOLENA AVENUE, NEWPORT BEACH CA 92662

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