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Zann (ZNNC) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.10 (As of Mar. 2006)


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What is Zann Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Zann's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 was $0.13 Mil. Zann's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 was $0.00 Mil. Zann's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 was $-1.32 Mil. Zann's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 was -0.09.

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

ZNNC's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 3.16
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Zann Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Zann Annual Data
Trend Dec00 Dec01 Dec02 Dec03 Dec05
Debt-to-EBITDA
- -0.07 -0.12 -0.20 -0.06

Zann Quarterly Data
Mar01 Jun01 Sep01 Dec01 Mar02 Jun02 Sep02 Dec02 Mar03 Jun03 Sep03 Dec03 Mar04 Jun04 Sep04 Mar05 Jun05 Sep05 Dec05 Mar06
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 -0.03 -3.28 -2.64 -0.04 -0.10

Competitive Comparison of Zann's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Zann'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.


Zann's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

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

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



Zann Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Zann's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2005 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.156 + 0) / -2.74
=-0.06

Zann's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.125 + 0) / -1.316
=-0.09

* 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 (Mar. 2006) EBITDA data.


Zann  (OTCPK:ZNNC) 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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Zann (ZNNC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3753 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 200, No. 473, Las Vegas, NV, USA, 89169
Zann Corp is a holding company. It operates in diversified businesses such as digital currency and digital payment, online gaming software, information security, logistics and international trade, hometown tax consulting and Asian business consulting, media, renewable energy, and palm oil.

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