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Cistera Networks (Cistera Networks) Debt-to-EBITDA : 26.96 (As of Sep. 2010)


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What is Cistera Networks Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cistera Networks's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $0.76 Mil. Cistera Networks's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $0.00 Mil. Cistera Networks's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $0.03 Mil. Cistera Networks's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was 26.96.

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

CNWT's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.02
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Cistera Networks Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cistera Networks'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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Cistera Networks Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cistera Networks Annual Data
Trend Mar01 Mar02 Mar03 Mar04 Mar05 Mar06 Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.20 -2.84 -1.96 7.03 2.63

Cistera Networks Quarterly Data
Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10
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 2.03 -13.56 2.20 2.16 26.96

Competitive Comparison of Cistera Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Cistera Networks'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.


Cistera Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Cistera Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cistera Networks Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cistera Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.793 + 0) / 0.302
=2.63

Cistera Networks's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.755 + 0) / 0.028
=26.96

* 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. 2010) EBITDA data.


Cistera Networks  (OTCPK:CNWT) 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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Cistera Networks (Cistera Networks) Business Description

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Address
5045 Lorimar Drive, Suite 180, Plano, TX, USA, 75093 5707
Cistera Networks Inc is a provider of cloud business communications solutions. It acts as a global provider of call recording, speech analytics and business intelligence solutions via on-site server or the cloud.
Executives
Roaring Fork Capital Sbic, L.p. 10 percent owner 1875 LAWRENCE STREET, SUITE 400, DENVER CO 80202

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