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Leeward Group Holdings (Leeward Group Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.02 (As of Mar. 2011)


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What is Leeward Group Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Leeward Group Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.05 Mil. Leeward Group Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.53 Mil. Leeward Group Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was $0.29 Mil. Leeward Group Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 was 2.02.

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

PCPZ's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Business Services industry.
Industry Median: 1.9
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Leeward Group Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Leeward Group 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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Leeward Group Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Leeward Group Holdings Annual Data
Trend May07 May08 May09 Dec10
Debt-to-EBITDA
- - -0.25 -21.25

Leeward Group Holdings Quarterly Data
May07 Aug07 Nov07 Feb08 May08 Aug08 Nov08 Feb09 May09 Aug09 Nov09 Feb10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11
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 -1.20 -5.98 3.13 -37.19 2.02

Competitive Comparison of Leeward Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Leeward Group 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.


Leeward Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Leeward Group Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Leeward Group Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Leeward Group 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
=(0.055 + 0.54) / -0.028
=-21.25

Leeward Group Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2011 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.054 + 0.527) / 0.288
=2.02

* 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 (Mar. 2011) EBITDA data.


Leeward Group Holdings  (GREY:PCPZ) 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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Leeward Group Holdings (Leeward Group Holdings) Business Description

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Address
65 S. Main Street, Suite A300, Pennington, NJ, USA, 08543
Website
Leeward Group Holdings Inc is a development stage company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, is engaged in the establishment of a customer service oriented security firm specializing in uniformed guard services and private investigations services.

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