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ViaDerma (ViaDerma) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.78 (As of Jun. 2012)


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What is ViaDerma Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

ViaDerma's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 was $4.42 Mil. ViaDerma's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 was $2.86 Mil. ViaDerma's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 was $9.38 Mil. ViaDerma's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 was 0.78.

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

VDRM's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Drug Manufacturers industry.
Industry Median: 1.67
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

ViaDerma Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for ViaDerma'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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ViaDerma Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

ViaDerma Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11
Debt-to-EBITDA
- 0.28 0.48 0.52 1.12

ViaDerma Quarterly Data
Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12
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 0.52 1.54 1.23 1.21 0.78

Competitive Comparison of ViaDerma's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, ViaDerma'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.


ViaDerma's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, ViaDerma's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



ViaDerma Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

ViaDerma's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(4.356 + 3.32) / 6.857
=1.12

ViaDerma's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(4.42 + 2.862) / 9.38
=0.78

* 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 (Jun. 2012) EBITDA data.


ViaDerma  (OTCPK:VDRM) 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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ViaDerma (ViaDerma) Business Description

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Address
4640 Admiralty Way, Suite 500, Marina Del Rey, CA, USA, 90292
ViaDerma Inc is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused to bring new products to market through research and development. It is engaged in the business of manufacturing and sales of pharmaceuticals, and specifically topical antibiotics and pain management in the United States of America. Its sells under the brand name Vitastem. The Company also has products in development in the fields; anti-aging skin care, pain management, hair-loss, and toenail fungus.