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Environmental Solutions Worldwide (Environmental Solutions Worldwide) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.29 (As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Environmental Solutions Worldwide Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Environmental Solutions Worldwide's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was $0.07 Mil. Environmental Solutions Worldwide's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was $2.91 Mil. Environmental Solutions Worldwide's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was $10.16 Mil. Environmental Solutions Worldwide's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was 0.29.

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 Environmental Solutions Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ESWW's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Vehicles & Parts industry.
Industry Median: 2.33
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Environmental Solutions Worldwide Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Environmental Solutions Worldwide'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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Environmental Solutions Worldwide Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Environmental Solutions Worldwide Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.04 - -0.57 1.28 0.68

Environmental Solutions Worldwide Quarterly Data
Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14
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 0.31 0.86 0.39 -1.06 0.29

Competitive Comparison of Environmental Solutions Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Environmental Solutions Worldwide'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.


Environmental Solutions Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Environmental Solutions Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Environmental Solutions Worldwide Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Environmental Solutions Worldwide's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.073 + 2.905) / 4.399
=0.68

Environmental Solutions Worldwide's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.073 + 2.905) / 10.164
=0.29

* 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. 2014) EBITDA data.


Environmental Solutions Worldwide  (OTCPK:ESWW) 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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Environmental Solutions Worldwide (Environmental Solutions Worldwide) Business Description

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Address
200 Progress Drive, Montgomerville, PA, USA, 18936
Environmental Solutions Worldwide Inc through its subsidiaries is involved in the designing, development, manufacturing, and sales of emissions control technologies. It also provides emissions testing and environmental certification services. The firm's products include horizondpf, longview dpf, and vista dpf. It has Air testing services and MHDD diesel emission control manufacturing and sales operating segments. The company derives the majority of its revenues from MHDD diesel control segment.
Executives
John J Suydam director C/O APOLLO MANAGEMENT LP, 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Joshua Black director C/O APOLLO MANAGEMENT LP, 9 WEST 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Mark Yung director, other: Remarks C/O 335 CONNIE CRESENT, CONCORD A6 L4K 5R2
John J Hannan director 9 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Leon D Black 10 percent owner APOLLO ADVISORS LP, 1301 AVENOE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10019
Richard S Ressler other: See Remarks C/O J2 GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 6922 HOLLYWOOD BLVD, 5TH FLOOR, LOS ANGELES CA 90028
Peter D. Bloch director 483 BAY STREET, N105, TORONTO A6 M5G2C9
Elbert O Hand director C/O ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER & CO., TWO PIERCE PLACE, ITASCA IL 60143

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