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MWB Business Exchange (LSE:MBE) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.00 (As of Dec. 2012)


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What is MWB Business Exchange Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

MWB Business Exchange's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was £0.00 Mil. MWB Business Exchange's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was £0.00 Mil. MWB Business Exchange's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was £6.08 Mil. MWB Business Exchange's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 was 0.00.

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 MWB Business Exchange's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:MBE's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.91
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

MWB Business Exchange Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for MWB Business Exchange'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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MWB Business Exchange Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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MWB Business Exchange Semi-Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of MWB Business Exchange's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, MWB Business Exchange'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.

MWB Business Exchange's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, MWB Business Exchange's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


MWB Business Exchange Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

MWB Business Exchange's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.278 + 0) / -8.423
=-0.27

MWB Business Exchange's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / 6.076
=0.00

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2012) EBITDA data.

MWB Business Exchange  (LSE:MBE) 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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