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Desert Control AS (Desert Control AS) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.01 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Desert Control AS Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Desert Control AS's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.04 Mil. Desert Control AS's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Desert Control AS's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-6.83 Mil. Desert Control AS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.01.

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 Desert Control AS's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DRTFF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.07   Med: -0.03   Max: -0.01
Current: -0.01

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Desert Control AS was -0.01. The lowest was -0.07. And the median was -0.03.

DRTFF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 175 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 2 vs DRTFF: -0.01

Desert Control AS Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Desert Control AS'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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Desert Control AS Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Desert Control AS Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
- - -0.07 -0.03 -0.01

Desert Control AS Quarterly Data
Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 -0.01 -0.03 -0.02 -0.01 -0.01

Competitive Comparison of Desert Control AS's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Desert Control AS'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.


Desert Control AS's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Desert Control AS's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Desert Control AS Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Desert Control AS'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
=(0.044 + 0) / -5.009
=-0.01

Desert Control AS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(0.044 + 0) / -6.828
=-0.01

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Desert Control AS  (GREY:DRTFF) 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.


Desert Control AS Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Desert Control AS (Desert Control AS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Grenseveien 21, Sandnes, NOR, 4313
Desert Control AS is a climate technology company specialized in reclaiming degraded soil and turning desert sand into fertile soil. The patented product LNC (Liquid Natural Clay) is a liquid clay compound that enables sand and degraded soil to retain water and nutrients.