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Conforce International (Conforce International) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.29 (As of Sep. 2012)


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What is Conforce International Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Conforce International's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 was $0.13 Mil. Conforce International's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 was $0.42 Mil. Conforce International's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 was $-1.90 Mil. Conforce International's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 was -0.29.

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

CFRI's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 2.32
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Conforce International Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Conforce International'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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Conforce International Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Conforce International Annual Data
Trend Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12
Debt-to-EBITDA
-3.84 -3.59 -0.11 -0.18

Conforce International Quarterly Data
Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12
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 -0.42 -0.42 -0.19 -1.03 -0.29

Competitive Comparison of Conforce International's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Conforce International'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.


Conforce International's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

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

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



Conforce International Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Conforce International's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.125 + 0.479) / -3.448
=-0.18

Conforce International's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.126 + 0.418) / -1.9
=-0.29

* 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. 2012) EBITDA data.


Conforce International  (OTCPK:CFRI) 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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Conforce International (Conforce International) Business Description

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Address
51A Caldari Road, 2nd Floor, Concord, ON, CAN, L4K 4G3
Conforce International Inc is a United States based company, through its subsidiary, is engaged in the development of polymer-based composite flooring system for the transportation industry trademarked under the name EKO-FLOR. The product offered by the company is designed for container and highway trailer.

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