Guild Esports (LSE:GILD) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.96 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Guild Esports Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Guild Esports's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.42 Mil. Guild Esports's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £2.78 Mil. Guild Esports's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £-3.33 Mil. Guild Esports's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -0.96.

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 Guild Esports's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:GILD' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.94 Med: -0.68 Max: -0.43
Current: -0.94

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Guild Esports was -0.43. The lowest was -0.94. And the median was -0.68.

LSE:GILD's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 679 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.68 vs LSE:GILD: -0.94

Guild Esports Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guild Esports's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Guild Esports Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Guild Esports Annual Data

Trend

Sep20

Sep21

Sep22

Sep23

Debt-to-EBITDA

N/A

-0.43

-0.94

Guild Esports Semi-Annual Data
	Mar20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			-	-0.05	-0.54	-0.96	-0.96

Competitive Comparison of Guild Esports's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Entertainment subindustry, Guild Esports'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.

Guild Esports's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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

Guild Esports Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Guild Esports'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
	=	(0.421	+	2.781)	/	-3.41
	=	-0.94

Guild Esports'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
	=	(0.421	+	2.781)	/	-3.332
	=	-0.96

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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.

Guild Esports (LSE:GILD) 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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Guild Esports (LSE:GILD) Business Description

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Address

2 Chance Street, London, GBR, E1 6JT

Website

https://www.guildesports.com

Guild Esports PLC operates an esports business. The company focuses on creating a franchise by establishing its esports teams to compete in main esports tournaments and a player training and scouting infrastructure modelled on the talent academies pioneered by Premier League football teams. Revenue is generated through multi-year sponsorship deals with corporate and consumer brands.