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TiVo (ROVI) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.45 (As of Mar. 2020)


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What is TiVo Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

TiVo's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 was $66.5 Mil. TiVo's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 was $684.2 Mil. TiVo's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 was $-517.8 Mil. TiVo's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 was -1.45.

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

ROVI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -8.2   Med: 5.94   Max: 10.21
Current: -2.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of TiVo was 10.21. The lowest was -8.20. And the median was 5.94.

ROVI's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.04 vs ROVI: -2.07

TiVo Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for TiVo'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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TiVo Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

TiVo Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.42 6.82 5.36 -8.20 -5.05

TiVo Quarterly Data
Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20
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 10.02 5.49 -2.35 -1.51 -1.45

Competitive Comparison of TiVo's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, TiVo'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.


TiVo's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



TiVo Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

TiVo's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(343.035 + 704.107) / -207.254
=-5.05

TiVo's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(66.45 + 684.17) / -517.764
=-1.45

* 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 (Mar. 2020) EBITDA data.


TiVo  (NAS:ROVI) 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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TiVo (ROVI) Business Description

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Address
2160 Gold Street, San Jose, CA, USA, 95002
TiVo Corp is engaged in media and entertainment products. It provides a broad set of cloud-based services, embedded software solutions and intellectual property that enable people to find and enjoy online video, television programming, movies and music entertainment. In addition, it also offers advanced media and advertising solutions, including viewership data, audience insights and advertising and programming promotion optimization, which enable advanced audience targeting in linear television advertising. The group solutions are sold globally to cable, satellite, and telecommunications pay-TV service providers, virtual service providers, content and new media companies and advertisers. Geographically its presence is seen in US and other international markets.