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FBSE (Fastbase) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.00 (As of Feb. 2012)


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What is Fastbase Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Fastbase's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2012 was $0.00 Mil. Fastbase's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2012 was $0.00 Mil. Fastbase's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2012 was $-0.08 Mil. Fastbase's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2012 was 0.00.

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

FBSE's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.035
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Fastbase Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fastbase'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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Fastbase Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Fastbase Annual Data
Trend May07 May08 May09 May10
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.02 -2.00 -4.30 -1.22

Fastbase Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Fastbase's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Fastbase'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.


Fastbase's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Fastbase Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Fastbase's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.472 + 0) / -0.388
=-1.22

Fastbase's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / -0.084
=0.00

* 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 (Feb. 2012) EBITDA data.


Fastbase  (OTCPK:FBSE) 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.


Fastbase Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Fastbase Business Description

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Fastbase Inc is a United States-based software company. It offers companies powerful tools to identify website visitors, provide insights and intelligence about their online behaviors, interactions and interests, and equips companies with online marketing and leads generation market services. Its products include Web leads, Trustpit, MailAds, Google Ads Click Identifier, and others.
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