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Clean Tech Biofuels (Clean Tech Biofuels) Debt-to-EBITDA : -11.93 (As of Sep. 2019)


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What is Clean Tech Biofuels Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Clean Tech Biofuels's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was $3.34 Mil. Clean Tech Biofuels's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was $0.00 Mil. Clean Tech Biofuels's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was $-0.28 Mil. Clean Tech Biofuels's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was -11.93.

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 Clean Tech Biofuels's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

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

Clean Tech Biofuels Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clean Tech Biofuels'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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Clean Tech Biofuels Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Clean Tech Biofuels Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.53 -6.63 -6.19 -8.40 -7.95

Clean Tech Biofuels Quarterly Data
Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19
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 -7.60 -10.25 -8.70 -10.57 -11.93

Competitive Comparison of Clean Tech Biofuels's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Clean Tech Biofuels'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.


Clean Tech Biofuels's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Clean Tech Biofuels's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Clean Tech Biofuels Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Clean Tech Biofuels's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.197 + 0) / -0.402
=-7.95

Clean Tech Biofuels's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.34 + 0) / -0.28
=-11.93

* 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. 2019) EBITDA data.


Clean Tech Biofuels  (OTCPK:CLTH) 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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Clean Tech Biofuels (Clean Tech Biofuels) Business Description

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7386 Pershing Avenue, St. Louis, MO, USA, 63130
Clean Tech Biofuels Inc is a development stage company engaged in providing cellulosic biomass derived from municipal solid waste (MSW). The company involves in producing energy and other chemical products, and recyclables (metals, plastics, and glass) from the MSW. Its biomass recovery process which is based on the pressurized steam classification (PSC) technology cleans and separates MSW and generates a clean, homogeneous biomass feedstock. It focuses on designing, building and operating a commercial biomass recovery plant that will allow the company to produce biomass feedstock for its customers.

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