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Gate Ventures (LSE:GATE) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.82 (As of Dec. 2018)


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What is Gate Ventures Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Gate Ventures's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was £2.31 Mil. Gate Ventures's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was £0.00 Mil. Gate Ventures's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was £-2.83 Mil. Gate Ventures's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was -0.82.

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 Gate Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:GATE's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Media - Diversified industry.
Industry Median: 1.675
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Gate Ventures Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gate Ventures'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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Gate Ventures Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Gate Ventures Annual Data
Trend Jun16 Jun17 Jun18
Debt-to-EBITDA
N/A -0.32 -0.48

Gate Ventures Semi-Annual Data
Dec15 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial - -0.32 - -0.52 -0.82

Competitive Comparison of Gate Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Entertainment subindustry, Gate Ventures'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.


Gate Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Gate Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gate Ventures Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Gate Ventures's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.217 + 0) / -4.624
=-0.48

Gate Ventures's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.313 + 0) / -2.828
=-0.82

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2018) EBITDA data.


Gate Ventures  (LSE:GATE) 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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Gate Ventures (LSE:GATE) Business Description

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Gate Ventures PLC is an investing company. It makes investments and capitalizes on investment opportunities in the Media and entertainment sector, focusing on theatre television, media technology, and e-commerce.