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Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals (Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.36 (As of Mar. 2008)


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What is Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2008 was $0.06 Mil. Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2008 was $0.01 Mil. Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2008 was $-0.18 Mil. Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2008 was -0.36.

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 Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

NOUV's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.56
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals'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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Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Jun03 Jun04 Jun05 Jun06
Debt-to-EBITDA
-1.32 -1.76 -3.06 -0.22

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Jun03 Sep03 Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Dec04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.24 -0.44 -0.22 -1.33 -0.36

Competitive Comparison of Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals'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.


Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2006 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.047 + 0) / -0.214
=-0.22

Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2008 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.06 + 0.005) / -0.18
=-0.36

* 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 (Mar. 2008) EBITDA data.


Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals  (OTCPK:NOUV) 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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Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals (Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
370 Amapola Avenue, Suite 200-A, Torrance, CA, USA, 90501
Nouveau Life Pharmaceuticals Inc is a healthcare solution company that provides non-face-to-face care services. Its product portfolio includes SILBY, Tomy, Amy, Maro, and Kiromy.