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ForU Holdings (ForU Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : 12.88 (As of Sep. 2011)


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What is ForU Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

ForU Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $2.89 Mil. ForU Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $1.54 Mil. ForU Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $0.34 Mil. ForU Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was 12.88.

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

FORU's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Biotechnology industry.
Industry Median: 1.37
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

ForU Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for ForU Holdings'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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ForU Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

ForU Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.73 -2.56 -1.51 -1.66

ForU Holdings Quarterly Data
Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11
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 -1.47 -1.36 -1.23 -1.75 12.88

Competitive Comparison of ForU Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, ForU Holdings'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.


ForU Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, ForU Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



ForU Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

ForU Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.732 + 1.453) / -1.922
=-1.66

ForU Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.891 + 1.541) / 0.344
=12.88

* 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 (Sep. 2011) EBITDA data.


ForU Holdings  (OTCPK:FORU) 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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ForU Holdings (ForU Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
117 S. Cook Street, Suite 184, Barrington, IL, USA, 60010
Website
ForU Holdings Inc is operating in the health and wellness space. The Company offers solutions for better physical, nutritional and emotional health worldwide.
Executives
Tad M Ballantyne director, officer: CEO 5118 HUNT CLUB ROAD, RACINE WI 53402

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