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PreVu (PRVU) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.00 (As of Apr. 2008)


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What is PreVu Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

PreVu's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2008 was $0.0 Mil. PreVu's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2008 was $0.0 Mil. PreVu's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2008 was $-48.3 Mil. PreVu's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2008 was 0.00.

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

PRVU's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 2.67
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

PreVu Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

PreVu Annual Data
Trend Jan98 Jan99 Jan00 Jan01 Jan02 Jan03 Jan04 Jan05 Jan06 Jan07
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.78 -30.55 1.85 0.74 -0.89

PreVu Quarterly Data
Jul03 Oct03 Jan04 Apr04 Jul04 Oct04 Jan05 Apr05 Jul05 Oct05 Jan06 Apr06 Jul06 Oct06 Jan07 Apr07 Jul07 Oct07 Jan08 Apr08
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 -0.39 - -0.31 - -

Competitive Comparison of PreVu's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, PreVu'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.


PreVu's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, PreVu's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



PreVu Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

PreVu's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2007 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 20) / -22.45
=-0.89

PreVu's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2008 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 0) / -48.328
=0.00

* 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 (Apr. 2008) EBITDA data.


PreVu  (OTCPK:PRVU) 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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PreVu (PRVU) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
7401 Boone Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, MN, USA, 55428
PreVu Inc is a retailer of leather outerwear, accessories and apparel in the United States. The company's products include men's and women's fashion leather jackets, handbags and other accessories.
Executives
William F Farley director 700 SOUTH SECOND STREET, #90, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
Michael M Searles director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 7401 BOONE AVENUE NORTH BROOKLYN PARK MN 55428
Michael T Sweeney director GOLDNER HAWN, 3700 WELLS FARGO CENTER, 90 SOUTH 7TH ST, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402
R. Ted Weschler, director, 10 percent owner 404B EAST MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR, CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22902
Peninsula Investment Partners, L.p. 10 percent owner 404B EAST MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22902
Peninsula Capital Advisors Llc 10 percent owner 404B EAST MAIN STREET, 2ND FLOOR, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22902
Michael T Cowhing director C/O NEWELL RUBBERMAID INC., THREE GLENLAKE PKWY., ATLANTA 2Q 30328
Michael J Mccoy director 1 HORMEL PLACE, AUSTIN TX 55912
Peter G Michielutti officer: Executive VP, CFO & COO 2400 XENIUM LANE NORTH PLYMOUTH MN 55441
Joel N Waller director 2400 XENIUM LANE NORTH PLYMOUTH MN 55441
Lyle Berman director 10275 WAYZATA BOULEVARD, SUITE 100, MINNETONKA MN 55305
Cheryl L Vitali director
Jenele C Grassle officer: Vice President 605 HWY 169 N, SUITE 400, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55441

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