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Greenchek Technology (Greenchek Technology) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.28 (As of Nov. 2010)


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What is Greenchek Technology Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Greenchek Technology's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2010 was $0.18 Mil. Greenchek Technology's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2010 was $0.00 Mil. Greenchek Technology's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2010 was $-0.64 Mil. Greenchek Technology's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2010 was -0.28.

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

GCHK's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.7
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Greenchek Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Greenchek Technology'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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Greenchek Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Greenchek Technology Annual Data
Trend Feb07 Feb08 Feb09 Feb10
Debt-to-EBITDA
- - - -0.55

Greenchek Technology Quarterly Data
May07 Aug07 Nov07 Feb08 May08 Aug08 Nov08 Feb09 May09 Aug09 Nov09 Feb10 May10 Aug10 Nov10
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 -12.16 -0.32 -0.39 -0.17 -0.28

Competitive Comparison of Greenchek Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Greenchek Technology'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.


Greenchek Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Greenchek Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Greenchek Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Greenchek Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.079 + 0.161) / -0.434
=-0.55

Greenchek Technology's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.178 + 0) / -0.636
=-0.28

* 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 (Nov. 2010) EBITDA data.


Greenchek Technology  (OTCPK:GCHK) 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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Greenchek Technology (Greenchek Technology) Business Description

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7901 4th St. N, Suite 6394, Saint Petersburg, FL, USA, 33702
Greenchek Technology Inc is engaged in manufacturing, marketing, and distributing of products designed to reduce gas emissions by motor vehicles through the use of hydrogen technology. The company's product ERD provides Emission Reduction and Fuel enhancement Technology. It serves Heavy Goods Vehicles; Locomotives; Buses; Automobiles and Generators markets. The company's segment includes Hydrogen energy for emission reduction and Hydrogen energy based Cryptocurrency self mining.

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