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GreenCell (GreenCell) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.65 (As of Dec. 2011)


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What is GreenCell Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

GreenCell's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2011 was $0.25 Mil. GreenCell's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2011 was $0.00 Mil. GreenCell's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2011 was $-0.38 Mil. GreenCell's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2011 was -0.65.

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

GCLL's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.72
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

GreenCell Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

GreenCell Annual Data
Trend Mar10 Mar11
Debt-to-EBITDA
- -0.80

GreenCell Quarterly Data
Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -0.58 -0.26 -0.33 -0.65

Competitive Comparison of GreenCell's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, GreenCell'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.


GreenCell's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, GreenCell's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



GreenCell Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

GreenCell's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.298 + 0) / -0.373
=-0.80

GreenCell's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.248 + 0) / -0.384
=-0.65

* 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 (Dec. 2011) EBITDA data.


GreenCell  (OTCPK:GCLL) 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.


GreenCell Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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GreenCell (GreenCell) Business Description

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GreenCell Inc develops gas appliance igniters, oxygen sensors, fuel cells, and brake pad products primarily for original equipment manufacturers, manufacturers, industry distributors and resellers that operate in the home device, automotive, heating etc.

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