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ETCIA (Electronic Tele-Communications) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.70 (As of Jun. 2007)


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What is Electronic Tele-Communications Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Electronic Tele-Communications's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 was $0.40 Mil. Electronic Tele-Communications's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 was $0.00 Mil. Electronic Tele-Communications's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 was $-0.56 Mil. Electronic Tele-Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 was -0.70.

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 Electronic Tele-Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ETCIA's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.88
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Electronic Tele-Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Electronic Tele-Communications'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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Electronic Tele-Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Electronic Tele-Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec97 Dec98 Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -0.17 - -0.21 -1.81

Electronic Tele-Communications Quarterly Data
Sep02 Dec02 Mar03 Jun03 Sep03 Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07
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 9.36 -0.66 -3.07 -4.25 -0.70

Competitive Comparison of Electronic Tele-Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Electronic Tele-Communications'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.


Electronic Tele-Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Electronic Tele-Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Electronic Tele-Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Electronic Tele-Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.307 + 0) / -0.17
=-1.81

Electronic Tele-Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2007 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.395 + 0) / -0.564
=-0.70

* 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 (Jun. 2007) EBITDA data.


Electronic Tele-Communications  (OTCPK:ETCIA) 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.


Electronic Tele-Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Electronic Tele-Communications Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1915 MacArthur Road, Waukesha, WI, USA, 53188
Electronic Tele-Communications Inc is a service provider in a converging network. The converging network refers to the methods of transmitting voice through traditional circuit switching and newer methods, such as packet-switching. Its customers include ILECs (incumbent local exchange carriers), RBOCs (Regional Bell Operating Companies), CLECs (competitive local exchange carriers), wireless providers, long-distance companies, cable companies, and utilities.
Executives
Goodkind Conrad G director 411 EAST WISCOSIN AVE, MILWAUKEE WI 53202

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