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Zoro Mining (Zoro Mining) EBITDA per Share : $-0.08 (TTM As of Apr. 2012)


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What is Zoro Mining EBITDA per Share?

Zoro Mining's EBITDA per Share for the six months ended in Apr. 2012 was $-0.08. Its EBITDA per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2012 was $-0.08.

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The historical rank and industry rank for Zoro Mining's EBITDA per Share or its related term are showing as below:

ZORM's 3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 8.15
* Ranked among companies with meaningful 3-Year EBITDA Growth Rate only.

Zoro Mining's EBITDA for the six months ended in Apr. 2012 was $-3.97 Mil.

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Zoro Mining EBITDA per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zoro Mining's EBITDA per Share 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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Zoro Mining EBITDA per Share Chart

Zoro Mining Annual Data
Trend Apr04 Apr05 Apr06 Apr07 Apr08 Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12
EBITDA per Share
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -0.79 -0.76 -0.78 -0.06 -0.08

Zoro Mining Semi-Annual Data
Apr04 Apr05 Apr06 Apr07 Apr08 Apr09 Apr10 Apr11 Apr12
EBITDA per Share Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -0.79 -0.76 -0.78 -0.06 -0.08

Zoro Mining EBITDA per Share Calculation

EBITDA per Share is the amount of Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) per outstanding share of the company's stock.

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is what the company earns before it expenses interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Zoro Mining's EBITDA per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2012 is calculated as

EBITDA per Share(A: Apr. 2012 )
=EBITDA/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=-3.965/47.165
=-0.08

Zoro Mining's EBITDA per Share for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2012 is calculated as

EBITDA per Share(Q: Apr. 2012 )
=EBITDA/Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)
=-3.965/47.165
=-0.08

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. EBITDA per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Apr. 2012 was $-0.08

* 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.


Zoro Mining  (OTCPK:ZORM) EBITDA per Share Explanation

EBITDA is a cash flow measure that ignores changes in working capital. EBITDA minus Depreciation, and Amortization (DA) equals EBIT. EBIT is profit before interest and taxes. Of course, Interest and taxes need to be paid.

While depreciation and amortization expenses do not need to be paid in cash, assets - especially tangible assets - do need to be replaced over time. EBITDA is not a measure of profit in any sense. EBITDA is a measure of cash generation by a business where the uses of that cash may be more or less discretionary depending on the nature of the business.

The EBITDA of a TV station is largely discretionary. Owners may use much of the EBITDA generated by a TV station as they see fit. The EBITDA of a railroad is largely non-discretionary. Owners must use much of the EBITDA generated by a railroad to replace the physical assets of the railroad or the business will literally fall apart over time.

EBITDA can be thought of as the cash a business generates that is available to:

Add more inventory
Add more receivables
Replace property, plant, and equipment
Add more property, plant, and equipment
Pay interest
Pay taxes
And finally: pay owners

EBITDA is widely used in financial analysis because Depreciation and Amortization are not present day cash expenses. Depreciation and amortization are the spreading out of the costs of assets over the time in which those assets provide benefits. Today's depreciation and amortization expenses relate to assets bought in the past. The assets being expensed may or may not need to be replaced in the future. And the cost to replace the assets may be more or less than it was in the past. For this reason, the depreciation and amortization expenses a company records in the present year may have no relationship to the actual cash costs needed to maintain its assets in future years.

A company's depreciation expense depends on both its expectations about the assets it owns and its choice of accounting methods. Two companies owning identical assets may have different depreciation expenses because they have different expectations about the useful lives of those assets and because they make different accounting choices.

Analysts use EBITDA to remove this element of personal choice from a company's accounting statements. The use of EBITDA is an attempt to make the results of different companies more comparable and uniform.


Be Aware

Although depreciation is not a cash cost, it is a real business cost because the company has to pay for the fixed assets when they purchase them. Both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger hate the idea of EBITDA because in this calculation, depreciation is not counted as an expense.

EBITDA over Revenue is a good metric for comparing the operating efficiencies between companies because EBITDA is less vulnerable to companies' accounting choices. For this reason, EBITDA is used in ranking the Predictability of Companies.


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Zoro Mining (Zoro Mining) Business Description

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Zoro Mining Corp was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on April 20, 2004 under the name 'Rockdale Mining Corp'. Effective March 19, 2007, it merged with a wholly-owned subsidiary, Zoro Mining Corp., pursuant to Articles of merger filed with the Nevada Secretary of State. The merger was in the form of a parent/subsidiary merger with Rochdale Mining Corp. as the surviving corporation. Upon completion of the merger, its corporate name was changed to 'Zoro Mining Corp.' and its Articles of Incorporation were amended to reflect this name change. It is a natural resource exploration company currently engaged in the exploration, acquisition and development of property located in South America and Mexico. It plans to conduct exploration programs on its properties with the objective of ascertaining whether any of its properties contain economic concentrations of minerals that are prospective for mining. The Company currently has interests in an aggregate of approximately 27,294 net acres located in Chile, approximately 4,940 net acres in Peru, and a further 6,822 gross acres located in Mexico, targeting gold, copper and platinum. It operates in a highly competitive industry, competing with other mining and exploration mineral companies, and institutional and individual investors, which are actively seeking metal and mineral based exploration properties throughout the world together with the equipment, labor and materials required to exploit such properties. The Company's mineral exploration activities are, or would be, subject to extensive foreign laws and regulations governing prospecting, development, production, exports, taxes, labor standards, occupational health, waste disposal, protection and remediation of the environment, protection of endangered and protected species, mine safety, toxic substances and other matters.
Executives
Andrew A Brodkey other: No longer Section 16 4960 N. CAMINO ANTONIO, TUSCON AZ 85718
David Hackman director, officer: VP of Exploration 3040 NORTH CAMPBELL AVE., SUITE 110, TUCSON AZ 85719
Frank Garcia officer: Chief Financial Officer 3040 N. CAMPBELL AVE. SUITE #110, TUCSON AZ 85719
Jodi Henderson officer: Corporate Secretary 7033 EAST CALLE BETELGEUX, TUCSON AZ 85710

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