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GFI Group (FRA:GDH1) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.07 (As of Sep. 2015)


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What is GFI Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

GFI Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was €66.8 Mil. GFI Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was €213.8 Mil. GFI Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was €91.4 Mil. GFI Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 was 3.07.

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

FRA:GDH1' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 9.03
Current: 9.03

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of GFI Group was 9.03. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

FRA:GDH1's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Capital Markets industry.
Industry Median: 1.5 vs FRA:GDH1: 9.03

GFI Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for GFI 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.

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GFI Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

GFI Group 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 2.49 3.86 4.02 5.92 -3.56

GFI Group Quarterly Data
Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15
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 6.63 5.95 -4.59 4.81 3.07

Competitive Comparison of GFI Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Capital Markets subindustry, GFI 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.


GFI Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, GFI Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



GFI Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

GFI Group'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
=(8.11 + 194.64) / -56.919
=-3.56

GFI Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(66.825 + 213.84) / 91.428
=3.07

* 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. 2015) EBITDA data.


GFI Group  (FRA:GDH1) 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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GFI Group (FRA:GDH1) Business Description

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GFI Group Inc was incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 2001. The Company provides wholesale brokerage services, clearing services and electronic execution and trading support products for financial markets. It provide brokerage and trade execution services, clearing services, market data and trading platform and other software products to institutional customers in markets for a range of fixed income, financial, equity and commodity instruments. The Company provides execution services for its institutional wholesale customers by either matching their trading needs with counterparties having reciprocal interests or directing their orders to an exchange or other trading venue. The Company offers its customers a hybrid brokerage approach, combining a range of telephonic and electronic trade execution services, depending on the nature of the products and the specific needs of its customers. The Company operates in five business segments: Americas Brokerage; Europe, the Middle East and Africa Brokerage; Asia Brokerage, Clearing and Backed Trading and All Other. Its brokerage operations provide brokerage services in four product categories: fixed income, financial, equity and commodity. It's Clearing and Backed Trading segment encompasses its clearing, risk management, settlement and other back-office services, as well as the capital the Company provide to start-up trading groups, small hedge funds, market-makers and individual traders. The All Other segment captures revenues and costs that are not directly assignable to the brokerage or clearing and backed trading operating business segments, consisting of Company's corporate business activities and operations and commercial revenues from sales and licensing of trading systems software, analytic and market data. The Company offers products and services including Fixed Income Products, Financial Products, Equity Products, Commodity Products, Clearing and Settlement Services, and Software, Analytic and Market Data. The Company's competitors include ICAP Plc, Tullett Prebon Plc, CME, the Chicago Board Options Exchange, and Eurex and Euronext. The Company's businesses are subject to extensive regulation by government and self-regulatory organizations both in the United States and abroad.

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