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Remote Dynamics (Remote Dynamics) Debt-to-EBITDA : -14.56 (As of Sep. 2009)


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What is Remote Dynamics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Remote Dynamics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2009 was $9.09 Mil. Remote Dynamics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2009 was $0.00 Mil. Remote Dynamics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2009 was $-0.62 Mil. Remote Dynamics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2009 was -14.56.

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 Remote Dynamics's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

RMTD's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.795
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Remote Dynamics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Remote Dynamics'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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Remote Dynamics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Remote Dynamics Annual Data
Trend Dec99 Dec00 Dec01 Aug02 Aug03 Aug04 Aug05 Aug06 Dec07 Dec08
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 21.58 -0.33 -0.33 -42.55 42.68

Remote Dynamics Quarterly Data
Nov04 Feb05 May05 Aug05 Nov05 Feb06 May06 Aug06 Nov06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09
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 17.47 23.85 -176.42 223.03 -14.56

Competitive Comparison of Remote Dynamics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Remote Dynamics'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.


Remote Dynamics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Remote Dynamics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Remote Dynamics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Remote Dynamics's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2008 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(9.73 + 0) / 0.228
=42.68

Remote Dynamics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2009 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(9.088 + 0) / -0.624
=-14.56

* 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. 2009) EBITDA data.


Remote Dynamics  (OTCPK:RMTD) 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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Remote Dynamics (Remote Dynamics) Business Description

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Address
200 Chisholm Place, Suite 120, Plano, TX, USA, 75075
Remote Dynamics Inc markets, sells and supports automatic vehicle location and mobile resource management solutions targeting companies that own and operate private vehicle fleets, construction equipment, unpowered assets and others.
Executives
Miller Lloyd I Iii other: Former 10% Owner
Alan B Howe director 1155 KAS DRIVE SUITE 100, RICHARDSON TX 75081

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