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KWESST Micro Systems (KWESST Micro Systems) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.03 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is KWESST Micro Systems Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

KWESST Micro Systems's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.10 Mil. KWESST Micro Systems's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.17 Mil. KWESST Micro Systems's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-9.33 Mil. KWESST Micro Systems'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 KWESST Micro Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KWE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.26   Med: -0.06   Max: -0.04
Current: -0.04

During the past 3 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of KWESST Micro Systems was -0.04. The lowest was -0.26. And the median was -0.06.

KWE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 226 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.285 vs KWE: -0.04

KWESST Micro Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for KWESST Micro Systems'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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KWESST Micro Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

KWESST Micro Systems Annual Data
Trend Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.04 -0.26 -0.06

KWESST Micro Systems Quarterly Data
Aug19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.06 -0.03 -0.05 -7.53 -0.03

Competitive Comparison of KWESST Micro Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, KWESST Micro Systems'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.


KWESST Micro Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, KWESST Micro Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where KWESST Micro Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



KWESST Micro Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

KWESST Micro Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(0.094 + 0.223) / -5.639
=-0.06

KWESST Micro Systems'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
=(0.103 + 0.168) / -9.328
=-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.


KWESST Micro Systems  (NAS:KWE) 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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KWESST Micro Systems (KWESST Micro Systems) Business Description

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Address
155 Terence Matthews Crescent, Unit No. 1, Ottawa, ON, CAN, K2M 2A8
KWESST Micro Systems Inc develops and commercializes next-generation tactical systems. The company offers breakthrough technology in lethal and non-lethal systems with broad application, including law enforcement and personal defence, modernized digitization of tactical forces for shared situational awareness and targeting, and counter-measures against threats such as drones, lasers and electronic detection.

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