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Top Shelf Brands Holdings (Top Shelf Brands Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.37 (As of Sep. 2011)


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What is Top Shelf Brands Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Top Shelf Brands Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $1.31 Mil. Top Shelf Brands Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $2.26 Mil. Top Shelf Brands Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was $-1.51 Mil. Top Shelf Brands Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 was -2.37.

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 Top Shelf Brands Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DKTS's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry.
Industry Median: 1.72
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Top Shelf Brands Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Top Shelf Brands Holdings'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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Top Shelf Brands Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Top Shelf Brands Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10
Debt-to-EBITDA
- -30.65 -2.73 -0.88 4.00

Top Shelf Brands Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11
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 2.84 3.26 -9.81 1.00 -2.37

Competitive Comparison of Top Shelf Brands Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Beverages - Wineries & Distilleries subindustry, Top Shelf Brands Holdings'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.


Top Shelf Brands Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Beverages - Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Top Shelf Brands Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Top Shelf Brands Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Top Shelf Brands Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Top Shelf Brands Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.268 + 2.652) / 0.73
=4.00

Top Shelf Brands Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2011 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.309 + 2.263) / -1.508
=-2.37

* 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. 2011) EBITDA data.


Top Shelf Brands Holdings  (OTCPK:DKTS) 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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Top Shelf Brands Holdings (Top Shelf Brands Holdings) Business Description

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Address
700 Louisiana Street, Bank of America Center, Suite 3950, Houston, TX, USA, 77002
Top Shelf Brands Holdings Corp is engaged in the business of developing, importing, marketing and supplying branded alcoholic beverage brands and boutique wines. It specializes in the brand creation and strategic identity marketing for its products.

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