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Infrasors Holdings (JSE:IRA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.84 (As of Feb. 2015)


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What is Infrasors Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Infrasors Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 was R26.8 Mil. Infrasors Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 was R37.8 Mil. Infrasors Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 was R22.7 Mil. Infrasors Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 was 2.84.

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

JSE:IRA's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 2.04
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Infrasors Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Infrasors 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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Infrasors Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Infrasors Holdings Annual Data
Trend Feb08 Feb09 Feb10 Feb11 Feb12 Feb13 Feb14 Feb15
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.59 1.79 -0.40 2.10 2.00

Infrasors Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Feb08 Feb09 Feb10 Aug10 Feb11 Aug11 Feb12 Aug12 Feb13 Aug13 Feb14 Aug14 Feb15
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.19 2.42 2.12 1.87 2.84

Competitive Comparison of Infrasors Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Infrasors 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.


Infrasors Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Infrasors Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Infrasors Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Infrasors Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(26.779 + 37.826) / 32.245
=2.00

Infrasors Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(26.779 + 37.826) / 22.72
=2.84

* 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 two times the quarterly (Feb. 2015) EBITDA data.


Infrasors Holdings  (JSE:IRA) 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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