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BlueRiver Acquisition (BlueRiver Acquisition) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.12 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is BlueRiver Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

BlueRiver Acquisition's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.17 Mil. BlueRiver Acquisition's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. BlueRiver Acquisition's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-9.82 Mil. BlueRiver Acquisition's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -0.12.

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

BLUA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.15   Med: -0.1   Max: -0.08
Current: -0.15

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of BlueRiver Acquisition was -0.08. The lowest was -0.15. And the median was -0.10.

BLUA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 125 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: 5.42 vs BLUA: -0.15

BlueRiver Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for BlueRiver Acquisition'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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BlueRiver Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

BlueRiver Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
N/A - -0.08 -0.11

BlueRiver Acquisition Quarterly Data
Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -0.05 -0.33 -0.05 -0.18 -0.12

Competitive Comparison of BlueRiver Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Shell Companies subindustry, BlueRiver Acquisition'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.


BlueRiver Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

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

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



BlueRiver Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

BlueRiver Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.823 + 0) / -7.507
=-0.11

BlueRiver Acquisition's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.168 + 0) / -9.824
=-0.12

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


BlueRiver Acquisition  (AMEX:BLUA) 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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BlueRiver Acquisition (BlueRiver Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
250 West Nottingham Drive, Suite 400, San Antonio, TX, USA, 78209
BlueRiver Acquisition Corp is a blank check company. It is formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.
Executives
John E Sununu director C/O BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752
Randall Thomas Mays director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-CEO and CFO CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS, 200 EAST BASSE ROAD, SAN ANTONIO TX 78209
Alok Sama director C/O BLUERIVER ACQUSITION CORP., 250 WEST NOTTINGHAM DRIVE SUITE 400, SAN ANTONIO TX 78209
John F Gregg director, 10 percent owner, officer: Co-Chief Executive Officer C/O NTL EUROPE INC, 37 PURCHASE ST, RYE NY 10016
Anne Farlow director C/O BLUERIVER ACQUSITION CORP., 250 WEST NOTTINGHAM DRIVE SUITE 400, SAN ANTONIO TX 78209
Blueriver Ventures, Llc 10 percent owner C/O BLUERIVER ACQUSITION CORP., 250 WEST NOTTINGHAM DRIVE SUITE 400, SAN ANTONIO TX 78209

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