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Speed Commerce (Speed Commerce) Debt-to-EBITDA : -4.32 (As of Dec. 2015)


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What is Speed Commerce Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Speed Commerce's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $116.7 Mil. Speed Commerce's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $0.2 Mil. Speed Commerce's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $-27.1 Mil. Speed Commerce's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was -4.32.

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 Speed Commerce's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SPDC's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.06
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Speed Commerce Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Speed Commerce'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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Speed Commerce Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Speed Commerce Annual Data
Trend Mar06 Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.14 - -5.96 312.58 -6.84

Speed Commerce Quarterly Data
Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
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 -95.23 -1.88 16.72 -15.79 -4.32

Competitive Comparison of Speed Commerce's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Speed Commerce'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.


Speed Commerce's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Speed Commerce's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Speed Commerce Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Speed Commerce's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(4.193 + 96.537) / -14.733
=-6.84

Speed Commerce's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(116.719 + 0.194) / -27.088
=-4.32

* 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 (Dec. 2015) EBITDA data.


Speed Commerce  (OTCPK:SPDC) 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.


Speed Commerce Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Speed Commerce (Speed Commerce) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1303 East Arapaho Road, Suite 200, Richardson, TX, USA, 75081
Speed Commerce Inc is a provider of flexible end-to-end e-commerce services to retailers and manufacturers. It provides Web platform development and hosting, order management, fulfillment, logistics and contact center services, which provide clients with transaction-based services and information management tools. It manages fulfillment center from four facilities located in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, and Texas, utilizing automation technology, such as unit sortation, pick-to-pack conveyors and radio frequency (RF) scanning.
Executives
Richard Willis director, officer: President and CEO 7400 49TH AVE. NORTH, NEW HOPE MN 55428
Bradley J. Shisler director 7400 49TH AVENUE NORTH, NEW HOPE MN 55428
Rebecca Lynn Atchison director 10355 PECAN PARK BOULEVARD, AUSTIN TX 78729
Kathleen P Iverson director 5900 GOLDEN HILLS DRIVE, GOLDEN VALLEY MN 55416
Steven R Becker other: Member of a 13(d) 10% Group 5525 NAKOMA DRIVE, DALLAS TX 75209
Northern Right Capital Management, L.p. other: Member of a 13(d) 10% Group 9 OLD KINGS HWY. S., 4TH FLOOR, DARIEN CT 06820
Bc Advisors Llc other: Member of a 13(d) 10% Group 500 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 230, DALLAS TX 75201
Becker Drapkin Partners, L.p. other: Member of a 13(d) 10% Group 500 CRESCENT COURT, SUITE 230, DALLAS TX 75201
Northern Right Capital (qp), L.p. other: Member of a 13(d) 10% Group 9 OLD KINGS HWY. S., 4TH FLOOR, DARIEN CT 06820
Matthew A Drapkin other: Member of a 13(d) 10% Group 10 CORBIN DRIVE, 3RD FLOOR, DARIEN CT 06820
David Dalvey director C/O BLUE ROCK ADVISORS, INC., 80 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET SUITE 3915, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55402

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