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GLCO (Global Links) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.94 (As of Jun. 2006)


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What is Global Links Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Global Links's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2006 was $0.28 Mil. Global Links's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2006 was $1.14 Mil. Global Links's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2006 was $-0.48 Mil. Global Links's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2006 was -2.94.

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

GLCO's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Real Estate industry.
Industry Median: 6.045
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Global Links Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Global Links'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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Global Links Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Global Links Annual Data
Trend Dec04 Dec05
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.42 -3.13

Global Links Quarterly Data
Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -4.03 -3.04 -5.65 0.40 -2.94

Competitive Comparison of Global Links's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Real Estate - Development subindustry, Global Links'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.


Global Links's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Global Links's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Global Links Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Global Links's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2005 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.27 + 1.085) / -0.433
=-3.13

Global Links's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2006 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.276 + 1.135) / -0.48
=-2.94

* 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 (Jun. 2006) EBITDA data.


Global Links  (OTCPK:GLCO) 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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Global Links Business Description

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Address
3571 East Sunset Road, Suite 102, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89120
Global Links Corp is a real estate centric company. The company has completed research in modular micro housing and international folding housing products.

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