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Information Services (TSX:ISV) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.26 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Information Services Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Information Services's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$2.8 Mil. Information Services's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$184.4 Mil. Information Services's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$82.9 Mil. Information Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.26.

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 Information Services's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:ISV' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.33   Med: 0.83   Max: 2.69
Current: 2.69

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Information Services was 2.69. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.83.

TSX:ISV's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
60.36% of 830 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.83 vs TSX:ISV: 2.69

Information Services Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Information Services'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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Information Services Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Information Services Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.73 1.96 0.82 1.22 2.69

Information Services Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.69 1.08 0.89 2.82 2.26

Competitive Comparison of Information Services's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, Information Services'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.


Information Services's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Information Services's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Information Services Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Information Services'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
=(2.809 + 184.357) / 69.642
=2.69

Information Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(2.809 + 184.357) / 82.86
=2.26

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Information Services  (TSX:ISV) 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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Information Services (TSX:ISV) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 300, 10 Research Drive, Regina, SK, CAN, S4S 7J7
Information Services Corp is a Canada-based provider of registry and information management services for public data and records. The company has three segments namely Registry Operations, Services and Technology Solutions. The Registries segment involves the provision of registry and information services and solutions to governments and private sector organizations. The Services segment provides products and services that utilize public records and data to provide value to customers in the financial and legal sectors. Technology Solutions provides the development, delivery and support of registry (and related) technology solutions.

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