Mawson West (TSX:MWE) Debt-to-EBITDA : -5.73 (As of Sep. 2016)

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What is Mawson West Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Mawson West's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was C$3.92 Mil. Mawson West's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was C$87.37 Mil. Mawson West's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was C$-15.92 Mil. Mawson West's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 was -5.73.

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 Mawson West's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:MWE's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked ^*
in the Metals & Mining industry.
Industry Median: 1.98
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Mawson West Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mawson West'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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Mawson West Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Mawson West Annual Data

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Dec15

Debt-to-EBITDA

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0.31

-1.45

0.36

-0.54

-0.77

Mawson West Quarterly Data
	Dec11	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Mar14	Jun14	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-9.27	-0.33	-41.04	-2.02	-5.73

Competitive Comparison of Mawson West's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Mawson West'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.

Mawson West's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

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

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

Mawson West Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Mawson West's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(22.711	+	70.101)	/	-120.208
	=	-0.77

Mawson West's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(3.918	+	87.366)	/	-15.92
	=	-5.73

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. 2016) EBITDA data.

Mawson West (TSX:MWE) 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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