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Drone Services USA (Drone Services USA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 528.25 (As of Mar. 2006)


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What is Drone Services USA Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Drone Services USA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 was $1.95 Mil. Drone Services USA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 was $0.16 Mil. Drone Services USA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 was $0.00 Mil. Drone Services USA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 was 528.25.

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 Drone Services USA's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DSUS's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Aerospace & Defense industry.
Industry Median: 2.29
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Drone Services USA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Drone Services USA'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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Drone Services USA Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Drone Services USA Annual Data
Trend Dec00 Dec01 Jun03 Jun04 Jun05
Debt-to-EBITDA
- -1.35 -0.94 -6.80 -8.25

Drone Services USA Quarterly Data
Jun01 Sep01 Dec01 Mar02 Jun02 Sep02 Dec02 Mar03 Jun03 Sep03 Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06
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 -9.63 -5.31 175.58 -75.36 528.25

Competitive Comparison of Drone Services USA's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Drone Services USA'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.


Drone Services USA's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Drone Services USA's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Drone Services USA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Drone Services USA's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2005 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.954 + 0.15) / -0.255
=-8.25

Drone Services USA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.954 + 0.159) / 0.004
=528.25

* 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 (Mar. 2006) EBITDA data.


Drone Services USA  (OTCPK:DSUS) 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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Drone Services USA (Drone Services USA) Business Description

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1421 N. Leroy Street, Suite 131, Fenton, WA, USA, 48430
Drone Services USA Inc is engaged in manufacturing & providing solutions for commercial duty aerial vehicle drones & related equipment for use in search & rescue, law enforcement, fire services, aerial inspection, wildlife monitoring, & anti-poaching.

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