Pochin′s (LSE:PCH) Debt-to-EBITDA : 10.00 (As of Nov. 2013)

Pochin′s Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Pochin′s Annual Data
	Trend	May04	May05	May06	May07	May08	May09	May10	May11	May12	May13
Debt-to-EBITDA		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-4.34	-2.88	14.90	1,577.33	-4.51

Pochin′s Semi-Annual Data
	May04	Nov04	May05	Nov05	May06	Nov06	May07	Nov07	May08	Nov08	May09	Nov09	May10	Nov10	May11	Nov11	May12	Nov12	May13	Nov13
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.43	-9.40	10.63	-1.88	10.00

Competitive Comparison of Pochin′s's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Pochin′s'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.

Pochin′s's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Pochin′s's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Pochin′s Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Pochin′s's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2013 is calculated as

Pochin′s's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2013 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 two times the quarterly (Nov. 2013) EBITDA data.

Pochin′s  (LSE:PCH) 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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