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Ecology and Environment (Ecology and Environment) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.00 (As of Oct. 2019)


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What is Ecology and Environment Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Ecology and Environment's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2019 was $1.99 Mil. Ecology and Environment's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2019 was $4.05 Mil. Ecology and Environment's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2019 was $-6.07 Mil. Ecology and Environment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2019 was -0.99.

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 Ecology and Environment's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

EEI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.43   Med: 0.19   Max: 3.96
Current: -3.43

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ecology and Environment was 3.96. The lowest was -3.43. And the median was 0.19.

EEI's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Waste Management industry.
Industry Median: 3.49 vs EEI: -3.43

Ecology and Environment Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ecology and Environment'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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Ecology and Environment Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Ecology and Environment Annual Data
Trend Jul10 Jul11 Jul12 Jul13 Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.18 0.21 0.14 0.28 -0.85

Ecology and Environment Quarterly Data
Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19
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 -0.15 -0.13 -0.32 0.10 -1.00

Competitive Comparison of Ecology and Environment's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Waste Management subindustry, Ecology and Environment'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.


Ecology and Environment's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Ecology and Environment's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ecology and Environment Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Ecology and Environment's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.325 + 0.013) / -0.397
=-0.85

Ecology and Environment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.989 + 4.048) / -6.068
=-0.99

* 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 (Oct. 2019) EBITDA data.


Ecology and Environment  (NAS:EEI) 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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Ecology and Environment (Ecology and Environment) Business Description

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Address
368 Pleasant View Drive, Lancaster, NY, USA, 14086
Ecology and Environment Inc is an environmental consulting firm. The company's operating segments include its subsidiaries located in the United States, South America, and other foreign subsidiaries. It offers consulting services to commercial and government clients in a variety of service sectors which includes Government start contract, Government task order contracts, Energy, Natural resource management and restoration, Sustainability, Resiliency and climate adaptation, Water Resources, Planning, Emergency planning and management, Hazardous and radioactive material services, International, Regulatory compliance, and Contract backlog. The company generates its revenue from federal, state and local governments, domestic private clients, and private and governmental international clients.
Executives
Hillow Michael El director 24007 VENTURA BLVD., STE 200, CALABASAS CA 91302
Marshall Heinberg director 1 CORPORATE AVENUE, ROWVILLE C3 3178
Thomas E Lynch 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Scott Scharfman 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Mill Road Capital Ii Gp Llc 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE., SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Mill Road Capital Ii, L.p. 10 percent owner 382 GREENWICH AVE., SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830
Justin Jacobs director 382 GREENWICH AVE, SUITE ONE, GREENWICH CT 06830

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