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Emmaus Life Sciences (Emmaus Life Sciences) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.37 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Emmaus Life Sciences Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Emmaus Life Sciences's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $29.71 Mil. Emmaus Life Sciences's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $5.63 Mil. Emmaus Life Sciences's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $8.09 Mil. Emmaus Life Sciences's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 4.37.

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 Emmaus Life Sciences's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

EMMA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.6   Med: -0.22   Max: 17.33
Current: 17.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Emmaus Life Sciences was 17.33. The lowest was -5.60. And the median was -0.22.

EMMA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
94.96% of 278 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.37 vs EMMA: 17.33

Emmaus Life Sciences Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Emmaus Life Sciences'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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Emmaus Life Sciences Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Emmaus Life Sciences Annual Data
Trend Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.06 -0.72 2.71 -1.76 -5.60

Emmaus Life Sciences Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.74 4.54 -4.60 32.24 4.37

Competitive Comparison of Emmaus Life Sciences's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Emmaus Life Sciences'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.


Emmaus Life Sciences's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Emmaus Life Sciences's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Emmaus Life Sciences Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Emmaus Life Sciences's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(24.539 + 6.279) / -5.499
=-5.60

Emmaus Life Sciences's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(29.71 + 5.626) / 8.088
=4.37

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Emmaus Life Sciences  (OTCPK:EMMA) 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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Emmaus Life Sciences (Emmaus Life Sciences) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
21250 Hawthorne Boulevard, Suite 800, Torrance, CA, USA, 90503
Emmaus Life Sciences Inc is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, and commercialization of new treatments and therapies primarily for rare and orphan diseases. The company's commercial product is Endari, an oral pharmaceutical grade L-glutamine treatment indicated to reduce acute complications of sickle cell disease in adult and pediatric patients five years of age and older. Its products in the pipeline include Diverticulosis and Cell Sheet Engineering.
Executives
Seah H. Lim director 21250 HAWTHORNE BLVD., SUITE 800, TORRANCE CA 90503
Willis C Lee director, officer: Vice Chairman & COO 20725 S. WESTERN AVE., SUITE 136, TORRANCE CA 90501
Yutaka Niihara director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman and CEO 20725 S. WESTERN BLVD., SUITE 136, TORRANCE CA 90501
Lori Teranishi director 1000 BISHOP STREET, SUITE 500, HONOLULU HI 96813
Charles William Stark officer: SVP, Clinical Development 21250 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD, SUITE 800, TORRANCE CA 90503
George Sekulich officer: CIO & SVP 21250 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD, SUITE 800, TORRANCE CA 90503
Lui Alfred Fu Kong director 21250 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD, SUITE 800, TORRANCE CA 90503
Jane Pine Wood director 956 MAIN STREET, DENNIS MA 02638
Wei Peu Zen director 21250 HAWTHORNE BLVD., SUITE 800, TORRANCE CA 90503
Sherwood Joseph Charles Iii officer: Chief Financial Officer 21250 HAWTHORNE BLVD., SUITE 800, TORRANCE CA 90503
Masaharu Osato director 3440 LOMITA BOULEVARD, SUITE 320, TORRANCE CA 90505
Ian Harvey Zwicker director 21250 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD, SUITE 800, TORRANCE CA 90503
Lan T. Tran officer: Chief Administrative Officer 20725 S. WESTERN AVE., SUITE 136, TORRANCE CA 90501
Robert Iv Dickey director 320 WEST MERMAID LANE, PHILADELPHIA PA 19118
Yasushi Nagasaki officer: Sr. VP Finance 20725 S. WESTERN AVE., SUITE 136, TORRANCE CA 90501