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Transact Technologies (Transact Technologies) EBITDA : $7.70 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Transact Technologies EBITDA?

Transact Technologies's EBITDA for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.37 Mil. Its EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $7.70 Mil.

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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA Growth Rate of Transact Technologies was 34.00% per year. The lowest was -35.30% per year. And the median was -2.90% per year.

Transact Technologies's EBITDA per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.04. Its EBITDA per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.77.

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During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average EBITDA per Share Growth Rate of Transact Technologies was 37.20% per year. The lowest was -35.40% per year. And the median was -2.50% per year.


Transact Technologies EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Transact Technologies's 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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Transact Technologies EBITDA Chart

Transact Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.77 -6.70 -4.97 -6.36 7.70

Transact Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.83 4.17 1.59 1.57 0.37

Competitive Comparison of Transact Technologies's EBITDA

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Transact Technologies's EV-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and EV-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.


Transact Technologies's EV-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Transact Technologies's EV-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Transact Technologies's EV-to-EBITDA falls into.


Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is what the company earns before it expenses interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Transact Technologies's EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Transact Technologies's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the fiscal year ended in Dec. 2023, Transact Technologies's EBITDA was $7.70 Mil.

Transact Technologies's EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Transact Technologies's EBITDA was directly provided by GuruFocus' data source Morningstar. For the quarter ended in Dec. 2023, Transact Technologies's EBITDA was $0.37 Mil.

EBITDA for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $7.70 Mil.

* 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.

Sometimes companies may have already deducted Depreciation and Amortization from Gross Profit. In this case Depreciation and Amortization needs to be added back when calculating EBITDA.

Transact Technologies  (NAS:TACT) EBITDA Explanation

EBITDA is a cash flow measure that ignores changes in working capital. EBITDA minus Depreciation, and Amortization (DA) equals Operating Income. Operating Income is profit before interest and taxes. Of course, Interest and taxes need to be paid.

While depreciation and amortization expenses do not need to be paid in cash, assets - especially tangible assets - do need to be replaced over time. EBITDA is not a measure of profit in any sense. EBITDA is a measure of cash generation by a business where the uses of that cash may be more or less discretionary depending on the nature of the business.

The EBITDA of a TV station is largely discretionary. Owners may use much of the EBITDA generated by a TV station as they see fit. The EBITDA of a railroad is largely non-discretionary. Owners must use much of the EBITDA generated by a railroad to replace the physical assets of the railroad or the business will literally fall apart over time.

EBITDA can be thought of as the cash a business generates that is available to:

Add more inventory
Add more receivables
Replace property, plant, and equipment
Add more property, plant, and equipment
Pay interest
Pay taxes
And finally: pay owners

EBITDA is widely used in financial analysis because Depreciation and Amortization are not present day cash expenses.. Depreciation and amortization are the spreading out of the costs of assets over the time in which those assets provide benefits. Today's depreciation and amortization expenses relate to assets bought in the past. The assets being expensed may or may not need to be replaced in the future. And the cost to replace the assets may be more or less than it was in the past. For this reason, the depreciation and amortization expenses a company records in the present year may have no relationship to the actual cash costs needed to maintain its assets in future years.

A company's depreciation expense depends on both its expectations about the assets it owns and its choice of accounting methods. Two companies owning identical assets may have different depreciation expenses because they have different expectations about the useful lives of those assets and because they make different accounting choices.

Analysts use EBITDA to remove this element of personal choice from a company's accounting statements. The use of EBITDA is an attempt to make the results of different companies more comparable and uniform.


Be Aware

Although depreciation is not a cash cost it is a real business cost because the company has to pay for the fixed assets when they purchase them. Both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger hate the idea of EBITDA because in this calculation, depreciation is not counted as an expense.

EBITDA over Revenue is a good metric for comparing the operating efficiencies between companies because EBITDA is less vulnerable to companies' accounting choices. For this reason, EBITDA is used in ranking the Predictability of Companies. Also Price-to-EBITDA is sometimes used in valuations.


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Transact Technologies (Transact Technologies) Business Description

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2319 Whitney Avenue, One Hamden Center, Suite 3B, Hamden, CT, USA, 06518
Transact Technologies Inc develops and sells software-driven technology and printing solutions. The company's software is sold under BOHA, AccuDate, Epic, EPICENTRAL, Ithaca, and Printrex brand names. It also provides supplies and consumables used in the printing and scanning activities to restaurant and hospitality, banking, retail, casino and gaming, point of sale automation, lottery, medical, mobile, oil, and gas markets. Most of the revenue is derived from the casinos and gaming industry followed by the Foodservice technology market. Its geographical segments are the United States and International, of which the majority of its revenue comes from the United States.
Executives
B. Riley Financial, Inc. 10 percent owner 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD, SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Audrey Dunning director 242 MEADOWBROOK DRIVE, CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP PA 16066
325 Master Fund Lp director, 10 percent owner 757 THIRD AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
325 Capital Gp, Llc director, 10 percent owner 757 THIRD AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Gaurav Bahri officer: Chief Revenue Officer 12586 MISTY CREEK LANE, FAIRFAX VA 22033
William Defrances officer: Chief Accounting Officer
Bryant R Riley 10 percent owner C/O B. RILEY FINANCIAL, INC., 21255 BURBANK BLVD, SUITE 400, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
B. Riley Securities, Inc. 10 percent owner 11100 SANTA MONICA BLVD, SUITE 800, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Bart C Shuldman director, officer: Chairman and CEO 6700 PARADISE ROAD, SUITE D, LAS VEGAS NV 89119
Raymond J Harbert 10 percent owner 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Kenan Lucas 10 percent owner C/O HARBERT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Harbert Fund Advisors, Inc. 10 percent owner 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Harbert Discovery Fund, Lp 10 percent owner HARBERT DISCOVERY FUND GP, LLC, 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
John F. Bryant 10 percent owner C/O HARBERT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203
Harbert Management Corp 10 percent owner 2100 THIRD AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 600, BIRMINGHAM AL 35203