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Blue Holdings (Blue Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : -3.40 (As of Sep. 2008)


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What is Blue Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Blue Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $14.13 Mil. Blue Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $2.15 Mil. Blue Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $-4.79 Mil. Blue Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was -3.40.

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

BLHI's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry.
Industry Median: 2.8
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Blue Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blue 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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Blue Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Blue Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.48 -0.31 0.69 -3.07 -3.64

Blue Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08
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 -1.13 -2.51 -0.80 -1.09 -3.40

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

For the Apparel Manufacturing subindustry, Blue 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.


Blue Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Blue Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Blue Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Blue Holdings'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
=(12.658 + 0) / -3.482
=-3.64

Blue Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(14.13 + 2.145) / -4.792
=-3.40

* 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.


Blue Holdings  (GREY:BLHI) 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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Blue Holdings (Blue Holdings) Business Description

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Address
5804 E. Saluson Ave., Commerce, CA, USA, 90040
Website
Blue Holdings Inc designs, develops, markets and distributes fashion jeans and accessories under the brand names Antik Denim, Yanuk, Faith Connexion, and Taverniti So Jeans.

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