PRGNF (Paragon Shipping) Debt-to-EBITDA : N/A (As of Dec. 2016)

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What is Paragon Shipping Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Paragon Shipping's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $16.58 Mil. Paragon Shipping's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $0.00 Mil. Paragon Shipping's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $0.00 Mil.

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 Paragon Shipping's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

PRGNF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 2.65
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Paragon Shipping  (OTCPK:PRGNF) 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.


Paragon Shipping Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Paragon Shipping Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Paragon Shipping'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.

Paragon Shipping Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Paragon Shipping Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 35.08 24.10 -9.39 -0.40 0.60

Paragon Shipping Quarterly Data
Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Dec16
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 -30.40 -0.60 -6.69 -0.14 N/A

PRGNF vs CTRM, GLBS, TOPS: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Paragon Shipping'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.


Paragon Shipping Debt-to-EBITDA vs Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Paragon Shipping's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Paragon Shipping Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Paragon Shipping's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(16.575 + 0) / 27.646
=0.60

Paragon Shipping's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 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. 2016) EBITDA data.


Paragon Shipping Business Description

Address 15 Karamanli Avenue, Voula, GRC, 166 73
Paragon Shipping Inc is based in Greece but incorporated in the Marshall Islands, Paragon Shipping owns and operates medium-size dry-bulk ships and rents these assets through multiyear agreements. Paragon outsources its ship management to Allseas, a third-party company. Founded in 2006, the company has expanded to 12 ships from its original six, with plans to continue fleet additions.