FLFG (Federal Life Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : N/A (As of Mar. 2019)

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What is Federal Life Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Federal Life Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $0.00 Mil. Federal Life Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $0.00 Mil. Federal Life Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $0.00 Mil.

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 Federal Life Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FLFG's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 1.19
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Federal Life Group  (OTCPK:FLFG) 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.

Federal Life Group Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Federal Life Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Federal Life Group'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.

Federal Life Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Federal Life Group Annual Data
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Federal Life Group Quarterly Data
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FLFG vs : Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Federal Life Group'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.

Federal Life Group Debt-to-EBITDA vs Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Federal Life Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


Federal Life Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Federal Life Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

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

Federal Life Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 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
=N/A

* 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. 2019) EBITDA data.

Federal Life Group Business Description

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Address 3750 West Deerfield Road, Riverwoods, IL, USA, 60015
Federal Life Group Inc provides life insurance and annuity products targeted to the middle American market. Its core business activities include the sale of life insurance and fixed index and fixed rate annuities. Products offered by the company include Lifetime Coverage, Specific Period of Time Coverage, Flexible Coverage, Long-Term Growth with Fixed and Index-Linked Options, Multi-Pay Retirement Savings Plan, Single-Pay Retirement Savings Plan, Immediate Guaranteed Retirement Income, Final Expense Plan, Final Expense Plan - Limited Health Issues and Single-Pay Permanent Life.