PKIN (Pekin Life Insurance Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : N/A (As of Dec. 2006)

Pekin Life Insurance Co  (OTCPK:PKIN) 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.

Pekin Life Insurance Co Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

The historical data trend for Pekin Life Insurance Co'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.

Pekin Life Insurance Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Pekin Life Insurance Co Quarterly Data
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PKIN vs VERY, CIA, UTGN: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Pekin Life Insurance Co'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.

Pekin Life Insurance Co Debt-to-EBITDA vs Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Pekin Life Insurance Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pekin Life Insurance Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Pekin Life Insurance Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Pekin Life Insurance Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006 is calculated as

Pekin Life Insurance Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2006 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 four times the quarterly (Dec. 2006) EBITDA data.

Pekin Life Insurance Co Business Description