Metro Pacific Tollways (PHS:TOL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.08 (As of Mar. 2012)

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What is Metro Pacific Tollways Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Metro Pacific Tollways's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was ₱0.00 Mil. Metro Pacific Tollways's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was ₱8,849.07 Mil. Metro Pacific Tollways's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was ₱2,877.75 Mil. Metro Pacific Tollways's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 was 3.07.

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 Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

PHS:TOL's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked ^*
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 2.305
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Metro Pacific Tollways Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Metro Pacific Tollways'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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Metro Pacific Tollways Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Metro Pacific Tollways Annual Data

Trend

Dec10

Dec11

Debt-to-EBITDA

4.61

4.64

Metro Pacific Tollways Quarterly Data
	Dec10	Mar11	Jun11	Sep11	Dec11	Mar12
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			3.94	5.89	2.64	7.97	3.08

Competitive Comparison of Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Metro Pacific Tollways'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.

Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Metro Pacific Tollways Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Metro Pacific Tollways's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2011 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0	+	8905.443)	/	1918.208
	=	4.64

Metro Pacific Tollways's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0	+	8849.071)	/	2877.752
	=	3.07

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. 2012) EBITDA data.

Metro Pacific Tollways (PHS:TOL) 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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