Medica (XPAR:MDCA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.78 (As of Jun. 2013)

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What is Medica Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Medica's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was €94.8 Mil. Medica's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was €510.6 Mil. Medica's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was €126.7 Mil. Medica's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 was 4.78.

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

XPAR:MDCA's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked ^*
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.57
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Medica Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Medica'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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Medica Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Medica Annual Data

Trend

Dec07

Dec08

Dec09

Dec10

Dec11

Dec12

Debt-to-EBITDA

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9.11

N/A

5.83

5.20

5.76

Medica Semi-Annual Data
	Jun10	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			5.59	4.88	4.63	5.95	4.78

Competitive Comparison of Medica's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, Medica'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.

Medica's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Medica's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Medica Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Medica's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(23.188	+	661.989)	/	118.966
	=	5.76

Medica's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2013 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(94.843	+	510.621)	/	126.666
	=	4.78

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 (Jun. 2013) EBITDA data.

Medica (XPAR:MDCA) 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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