HGGG (hhgregg) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Dec. 2016)

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What is hhgregg Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

hhgregg's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $30 Mil. hhgregg's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $0 Mil. hhgregg's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $-201 Mil. hhgregg's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was -0.15.

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

HGGG's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 2.23
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

hhgregg  (OTCPK:HGGG) 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.


hhgregg Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


hhgregg Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for hhgregg'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.

hhgregg Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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HGGG vs POLCQ, ORLY, AZO: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, hhgregg'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.


hhgregg Debt-to-EBITDA vs Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, hhgregg's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



hhgregg Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

hhgregg's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / -19.66
=0.00

hhgregg's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(30.25 + 0) / -200.6
=-0.15

* 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. 2016) EBITDA data.


hhgregg Business Description

Address 160 West Carmel Drive, Suite 263, Carmel, IN, USA, 46240
hhgregg Inc is a part of the retail sector. It is a multi-regional retailer which provides an extensive selection of premium appliances, consumer electronics, home products and computers and tablets in its brick-and-mortar stores in the United States via hhgregg.com. The company's sales are categorized into four products; Appliances, which include refrigerators, cooking ranges, dishwashers; Consumer electronics such as 4K and OLED televisions and audio systems; Home Products which include furniture and mattresses and computer systems.