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MNC Strategic Investments (LSE:MNCS) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.19 (As of Sep. 2014)


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What is MNC Strategic Investments Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

MNC Strategic Investments's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was £0.10 Mil. MNC Strategic Investments's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was £0.37 Mil. MNC Strategic Investments's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was £2.41 Mil. MNC Strategic Investments's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 was 0.19.

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 MNC Strategic Investments's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:MNCS's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Asset Management industry.
Industry Median: 1.3
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

MNC Strategic Investments Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for MNC Strategic Investments'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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MNC Strategic Investments Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

MNC Strategic Investments Annual Data
Trend Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.04 -0.09 -0.48 -0.15 -5.81

MNC Strategic Investments Semi-Annual Data
Sep11 Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 1.06 -2.03 -2.91 0.19

Competitive Comparison of MNC Strategic Investments's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Asset Management subindustry, MNC Strategic Investments'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.


MNC Strategic Investments's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, MNC Strategic Investments's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



MNC Strategic Investments Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

MNC Strategic Investments's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.174 + 0) / -0.202
=-5.81

MNC Strategic Investments's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.099 + 0.37) / 2.414
=0.19

* 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 (Sep. 2014) EBITDA data.


MNC Strategic Investments  (LSE:MNCS) 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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MNC Strategic Investments (LSE:MNCS) Business Description

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MNC Strategic Investments PLC is an investment holding company incorporated in England and Wales on February 22, 2012. The Company's Investing Policy is to procure suitable acquisition and investment opportunities in quoted and unquoted businesses, or to invest in projects that are in the technology media and internet sectors. The Company has investment focus on Asia, including but not limited to Hong Kong, Singapore and China.

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