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ESS Tech (ESS Tech) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.03 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is ESS Tech Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

ESS Tech's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.55 Mil. ESS Tech's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.61 Mil. ESS Tech's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-73.10 Mil. ESS Tech's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -0.03.

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

GWH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.19   Med: -0.04   Max: -0.01
Current: -0.03

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of ESS Tech was -0.01. The lowest was -0.19. And the median was -0.04.

GWH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 2297 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.75 vs GWH: -0.03

ESS Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for ESS Tech'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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ESS Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

ESS Tech Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.19 -0.01 -0.06 -0.03

ESS Tech 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 -0.06 -0.05 -0.04 -0.04 -0.03

Competitive Comparison of ESS Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, ESS Tech'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.


ESS Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, ESS Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



ESS Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

ESS Tech'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
=(1.581 + 0.957) / -79.392
=-0.03

ESS Tech'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
=(1.548 + 0.61) / -73.1
=-0.03

* 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.


ESS Tech  (NYSE:GWH) 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.


ESS Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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ESS Tech (ESS Tech) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
26440 SW Parkway Avenue, Building 83, Wilsonville, OR, USA, 97070
ESS Tech Inc is a long-duration energy storage company specializing in iron flow battery technology. The company design and produce long-duration batteries predominantly using earth-abundant materials.
Executives
Harry Quarls director 14701 ST. MARY'S LANE, SUITE 275, HOUSTON TX 77079
Kyle Teamey director C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Honeywell International Inc 10 percent owner 855 S. MINT STREET, CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Sandeep Nijhawan director ESS TECH, INC., 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE., BLDG 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Michael R Niggli director 101 ASH STREET HQ18, SAN DIEGO CA 92101
Rich Hossfeld director C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Craig E Evans director, officer: President C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Eric P. Dresselhuys director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 555 BROADWAY STREET, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Anthony Rabb officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ESS TECH, INC., 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE., BLDG 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Amir Moftakhar officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Claudia Gast director C/O GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ACQUISITION CORP I, 19 WEST 24TH STREET, 10TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10010
Jeff Bodner officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE CA 97070
Breakthrough Energy Investments Llc 10 percent owner 250 SUMMER STREET, 4TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02210
Julia Song officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070
Shirley Speakman director C/O ESS TECH INC, 26440 SW PARKWAY AVE BLDG. 83, WILSONVILLE OR 97070