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AVP (AVPI) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.00 (As of Sep. 2008)


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What is AVP Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

AVP's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $0.00 Mil. AVP's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $0.00 Mil. AVP's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $0.15 Mil. AVP's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was 0.00.

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

AVPI's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 1.7
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

AVP Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for AVP'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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AVP Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

AVP Annual Data
Trend Apr98 Apr99 Apr00 Apr01 Apr02 Apr03 Apr04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07
Debt-to-EBITDA
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AVP Quarterly Data
Oct03 Jan04 Apr04 Jul04 Oct04 Jan05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08
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Competitive Comparison of AVP's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Entertainment subindustry, AVP'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.


AVP's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, AVP's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



AVP Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

AVP's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / -3.868
=0.00

AVP's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 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 (Sep. 2008) EBITDA data.


AVP  (OTCPK:AVPI) 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.


AVP Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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AVP (AVPI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
1187 Coast Village Road, Suite 319, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93108
AVP Inc owns and operates professional beach volleyball tournaments in the United States. The company's tournaments include FIVB Huntington Beach Open, King of the Court Series and AVP Gold Series Standings.
Executives
Diker Management Llc 10 percent owner 570 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 27TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Leonard Armato director, officer: Chief Executive Officer ASSOCIATION OF VOLLEYBALL PROFESSIONALS, 6100 CENTER DRIVE, 9TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90045
Stephen D Royer 10 percent owner
Kathy P Vrabeck director 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
William J Chardavoyne director 3100 OCEAN PARK BLVD, STE 1000, SANTA MONICA CA 90405
Jack F Kemp director 1701 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, WASHINGTON DC 20006-2805
Scott Painter director ASSOCIATION OF VOLLEYBALL PROFESSIONALS, 6100 CENTER DRIVE, 9TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90045
Amtrust International Insurance Ltd 10 percent owner SUITE 102 WASHINGTON MALL, 7 REID STREET, HAMILTON D0 HM11
Twenty-first Century Fox, Inc. 10 percent owner 1211 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Michael Roth 10 percent owner 3600 SOUTH LAKE DRIVE, ST. FRANCIS WI 53235
Brian Jay Stark 10 percent owner 3600 SOUTH LAKE DRIVE, ST. FRANCIS WI 53235

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