Riviera Tool Co (Riviera Tool Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : 6.00 (As of Nov. 2006)

Riviera Tool Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Riviera Tool Co Annual Data
	Trend	Aug97	Aug98	Aug99	Aug00	Aug01	Aug02	Aug03	Aug04	Aug05	Aug06
Debt-to-EBITDA		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-27.54	2.56	-2.81	2.11	5.49

Riviera Tool Co Quarterly Data
	Feb02	May02	Aug02	Nov02	Feb03	May03	Aug03	Nov03	Feb04	May04	Aug04	Nov04	Feb05	May05	Aug05	Nov05	Feb06	May06	Aug06	Nov06
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															6.87	4.38	3.27	1,595.00	6.00

Competitive Comparison of Riviera Tool Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Metal Fabrication subindustry, Riviera Tool 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.

Riviera Tool Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Riviera Tool Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Riviera Tool Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Riviera Tool Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Riviera Tool Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2006 is calculated as

Riviera Tool Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 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 (Nov. 2006) EBITDA data.

Riviera Tool Co  (OTCPK:RIVT) 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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