Green Planet Group (Green Planet Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.12 (As of Sep. 2011)

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What is Green Planet Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Green Planet Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $8.07 Mil. Green Planet Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $0.78 Mil. Green Planet Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $71.63 Mil. Green Planet Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was 0.12.

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

GNPG's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked ^*
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 2.35
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Green Planet Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Green Planet Group's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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* 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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Green Planet Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Green Planet Group Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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-0.84

-2.53

-7.86

-1.52

-1.86

Green Planet Group Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-53.73	0.97	-0.22	-5.02	0.12

Competitive Comparison of Green Planet Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Green Planet 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.

Green Planet Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Green Planet Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Green Planet Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Green Planet Group'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
	=	(13.893	+	2.073)	/	-8.6
	=	-1.86

Green Planet Group'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
	=	(8.074	+	0.781)	/	71.628
	=	0.12

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.

Green Planet Group (OTCPK:GNPG) 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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3259 E. Harbour Drive, Suite 101, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 85034

Website

https://www.greenplanetgroup.com

Green Planet Group Inc, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the following businesses: production of lubricants and additives for gasoline and diesel-fueled engines; developing a hydrogen generator that reduces hydrocarbon emissions while improving fuel efficiency; developing a new "fast track" growing system capable of growing vast amounts of fresh organic food at the point of consumption reducing transportation costs while reducing water use by 90+% and increasing productivity by 300%; and developing green technologies for use in the mining of rare and precious metals and elements.