Isomet (Isomet) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.11 (As of Sep. 2002)

Isomet Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Isomet Annual Data
	Trend	Dec92	Dec93	Dec94	Dec95	Dec96	Dec97	Dec98	Dec99	Dec00	Dec01
Debt-to-EBITDA		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.46	0.36	0.23	0.18	-1.15

Isomet Quarterly Data
	Dec97	Mar98	Jun98	Sep98	Dec98	Mar99	Jun99	Sep99	Dec99	Mar00	Jun00	Sep00	Dec00	Mar01	Jun01	Sep01	Dec01	Mar02	Jun02	Sep02
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.30	-0.64	-0.90	-2.51	-2.11

Competitive Comparison of Isomet's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Isomet'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.

Isomet's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Isomet's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Isomet Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Isomet's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2001 is calculated as

Isomet's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2002 is calculated as

* 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. 2002) EBITDA data.

Isomet  (GREY:IOMT) 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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