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PCGR (PC Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.32 (As of Dec. 2010)


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What is PC Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

PC Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was $0.21 Mil. PC Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was $2.41 Mil. PC Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was $8.23 Mil. PC Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 was 0.32.

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 PC Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

PCGR's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 2.14
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

PC Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for PC Group'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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PC Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

PC Group Annual Data
Trend Feb01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec04 Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -14.75 12.10 -6.57 -7.02 0.73

PC Group Quarterly Data
Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10
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 -1.27 49.73 13.22 10.05 0.32

Competitive Comparison of PC Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, PC Group'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.


PC Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, PC Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



PC Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

PC Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.205 + 2.414) / 3.569
=0.73

PC Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.205 + 2.414) / 8.232
=0.32

* 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 (Dec. 2010) EBITDA data.


PC Group  (OTCPK:PCGR) 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.


PC Group Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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PC Group Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
419 Park Avenue South, Suite 500, New York, NY, USA, 10016
PC Group Inc offers a diverse line of personal care products for the private label retail, medical, and therapeutic markets.
Executives
Warren B Kanders director, 10 percent owner ONE LANDMARK SQUARE, 22ND FLOOR, STAMFORD, CT 06901
Kathleen P. Bloch officer: Vice President and CFO 3 PERSHING COURT, NORTH BRUNSWICK NJ 08902
Burtt R Ehrlich director 20 BRYNWOOD LANE, GREENWICH CT 06831
David M Knott 10 percent owner 485 UNDERHILL BLVD, STE 205, SYOSSET NY 11791-3419
Sara A. Cherry officer: CFO and VP 77 BEALE ST., SAN FRANCISO CA 94105
Thomas W Strauss director 599 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022

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