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Railpower Technologies (Railpower Technologies) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.90 (As of Sep. 2008)


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What is Railpower Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Railpower Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $0.00 Mil. Railpower Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $20.47 Mil. Railpower Technologies's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was $-22.81 Mil. Railpower Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 was -0.90.

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 Railpower Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

RLPHQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 2.81
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Railpower Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Railpower Technologies'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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Railpower Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Railpower Technologies Annual Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA
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Railpower Technologies Quarterly Data
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Competitive Comparison of Railpower Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Railroads subindustry, Railpower Technologies'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.


Railpower Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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



Railpower Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Railpower Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / -64.457
=0.00

Railpower Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2008 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 20.465) / -22.808
=-0.90

* 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 (Sep. 2008) EBITDA data.


Railpower Technologies  (OTCPK:RLPHQ) 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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Railpower Technologies (Railpower Technologies) Business Description

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Address
9955 De Catania Avenue, Suite 105, Brossard, QC, CAN, J4Z 3V5
Railpower Technologies Corp is engaged in the development, construction, marketing and sales of high performance, clean locomotives and power plants for the transportation and related industries.

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