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Vera Therapeutics (Vera Therapeutics) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.55 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Vera Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Vera Therapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.44 Mil. Vera Therapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $51.27 Mil. Vera Therapeutics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-98.39 Mil. Vera Therapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.55.

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 Vera Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

VERA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.58   Med: -0.25   Max: -0.01
Current: -0.58

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Vera Therapeutics was -0.01. The lowest was -0.58. And the median was -0.25.

VERA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 273 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.3 vs VERA: -0.58

Vera Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vera Therapeutics'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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Vera Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Vera Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.01 - -0.15 -0.36 -0.58

Vera Therapeutics Quarterly Data
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 -0.25 -0.26 -0.39 -0.39 -0.55

Competitive Comparison of Vera Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Vera Therapeutics'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.


Vera Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Vera Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vera Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Vera Therapeutics'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
=(2.436 + 51.272) / -92.203
=-0.58

Vera Therapeutics'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
=(2.436 + 51.272) / -98.392
=-0.55

* 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.


Vera Therapeutics  (NAS:VERA) 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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Vera Therapeutics (Vera Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
8000 Marina Boulevard, Suite 120, Brisbane, CA, USA, 94005
Vera Therapeutics Inc is a clinical stage biotechnology company. It is focused on developing and commercializing transformative treatments for patients with serious immunological diseases. The company's lead product candidate is atacicept, a fusion protein self-administered as a subcutaneous injection once weekly that blocks both B lymphocyte stimulator and a proliferation-inducing ligand, which stimulate B cells and plasma cells to produce autoantibodies contributing to certain autoimmune diseases.
Executives
Commodore Capital Lp 10 percent owner 444 MADISON AVENUE, 35TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Marshall Fordyce director, officer: President and CEO C/O VERA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 8000 MARINA BOULEVARD, SUITE 120, BRISBANE CA 94005
Celia Lin officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O VERA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 8000 MARINA BOULEVARD, SUITE 120, BRISBANE CA 94005
Joanne Curley officer: Chief Development Officer C/O VISTAGEN THERAPEUTICS, INC., 343 ALLERTON AVE, SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Sean Grant officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VERA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 8000 MARINA BOULEVARD, SUITE 120, BRISBANE CA 94005
Beth C Seidenberg director
Sofinnova Management X-a, L.l.c. 10 percent owner 3000 SAND HILL ROAD, 4-250, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Sofinnova Venture Partners X, L.p. 10 percent owner 3000 SAND HILL ROAD, 4-250, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Longitude Capital Partners Iv, Llc 10 percent owner 2740 SAND HILL ROAD, 2ND FLOOR, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Longitude Prime Partners, Llc 10 percent owner 2740 SAND HILL ROAD, 2ND FLOOR, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Longitude Prime Fund, L.p. 10 percent owner 2740 SAND HILL ROAD, 2ND FLOOR, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Patrick G Enright director, 10 percent owner CO LONGITUDE CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC, 800 EL CAMINO REAL, SUITE 220, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Llp Abingworth 10 percent owner 38 JERMYN STREET, LONDON X0 SW1Y 6DN
Abingworth Bioventures 8 Lp 10 percent owner 38 JERMYN STREET, LONDON X0 SW1Y 6DN
Carlyle Group Inc. 10 percent owner C/O THE CARLYLE GROUP, 1001 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON DC 20004

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