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RINO International (RINO International) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.32 (As of Sep. 2010)


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What is RINO International Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

RINO International's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $13.3 Mil. RINO International's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $0.0 Mil. RINO International's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was $40.9 Mil. RINO International's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 was 0.32.

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 RINO International's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

RINO's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: 5.42
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

RINO International Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for RINO International'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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RINO International Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

RINO International Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.89 1.54 - 0.39 0.03

RINO International Quarterly Data
Dec05 Mar06 Jun06 Sep06 Dec06 Mar07 Jun07 Sep07 Dec07 Mar08 Jun08 Sep08 Dec08 Mar09 Jun09 Sep09 Dec09 Mar10 Jun10 Sep10
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 0.11 0.03 0.38 0.21 0.32

Competitive Comparison of RINO International's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Shell Companies subindustry, RINO International'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.


RINO International's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, RINO International's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



RINO International Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

RINO International's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2009 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.467 + 0) / 57.52
=0.03

RINO International's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2010 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(13.263 + 0) / 40.888
=0.32

* 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. 2010) EBITDA data.


RINO International  (OTCPK:RINO) 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.


RINO International Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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RINO International (RINO International) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
101 East Park Boulevard, 6th Floor, Plano, TX, USA, 75074
Website
RINO International Corp is in the business of identifying and acquiring strategic intellectual property in the agricultural technology, biotechnologies, and energy industries.
Executives
Glenn Little director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO & CFO 211 WEST WALL ST, MIDLAND TX 70701

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