Scientific Learning (Scientific Learning) Cash-to-Debt : 0.17 (As of Jun. 2017)

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What is Scientific Learning Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Scientific Learning's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 0.17.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Scientific Learning couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017.

The historical rank and industry rank for Scientific Learning's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

SCIL's Cash-to-Debt is not ranked ^*
in the Education industry.
Industry Median: 1.13
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Cash-to-Debt only.

Scientific Learning Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scientific Learning's Cash-to-Debt 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.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Scientific Learning Cash-to-Debt Chart

Scientific Learning Annual Data

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Cash-to-Debt

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No Debt

0.57

0.52

0.73

0.56

Scientific Learning Quarterly Data
	Mar12	Jun12	Sep12	Dec12	Mar13	Jun13	Sep13	Dec13	Sep14	Dec14	Mar15	Jun15	Sep15	Dec15	Mar16	Jun16	Sep16	Dec16	Mar17	Jun17
Cash-to-Debt	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.22	0.33	0.56	0.20	0.17

Competitive Comparison of Scientific Learning's Cash-to-Debt

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Scientific Learning's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt 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.

Scientific Learning's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Scientific Learning's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Scientific Learning's Cash-to-Debt falls into.

Scientific Learning Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Scientific Learning's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	2.725	/	(0	+	4.887)
	=	0.56

Scientific Learning's Cash to Debt Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as:

Cash to Debt Ratio	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	Total Debt
	=	Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities	/	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)
	=	0.906	/	(0.278	+	4.931)
	=	0.17

Scientific Learning (OTCPK:SCIL) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.

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Scientific Learning (Scientific Learning) Business Description

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Address

1956Â WebsterÂ Street, SuiteÂ 200, Oakland, CA, USA, 94612-2943

Website

http://www.scilearn.com

Scientific Learning Corp is an education company. It develops, distributes and licenses technology that accelerates learning by improving the processing efficiency of the brain. The company's patented products build learning capacity by rigorously and systematically applying neuroscience-based learning principles to improve the fundamental cognitive skills required to read and learn. The company offers a variety of on-site and remote professional and technical services, as well as phone, email and web-based support. The company sells primarily to K-12 schools in the United States through a direct sales force. It derives revenues in the form of subscription revenue, license revenue, support and professional services.

Executives

Steven G. Simon	10 percent owner	TRIGRAN INVESTMENTS, INC., 630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Lawrence A Oberman	10 percent owner	TRIGRAN INVESTMENTS, INC., 630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Trigran Investments Lp	10 percent owner	630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Trigran Investments, Inc.	10 percent owner	630 DUNDEE ROAD, SUITE 230, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Douglas Granat	10 percent owner	TRIGRAN INVESTMENTS, INC., SUITE 230, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Jane A Freeman	officer: Chief Financial Officer	ALLSPRING FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC, 525 MARKET STREET, 12TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Osmium Capital Lp	10 percent owner	300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 172, GREENBRAE CA 94904
Osmium Partners, Llc	10 percent owner	300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 172, GREENBRAE CA 94904
Osmium Spartan L P	10 percent owner	300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 172, GREENBRAE CA 94904
John Hartnett Lewis	10 percent owner	388 MARKET STREET, SUITE 920, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94111
Osmium Capital Ii, Lp	10 percent owner	300 DRAKES LANDING ROAD, SUITE 172, GREENBRAE CA 94904
Gayle A Crowell	director
Dino A Rossi	director	61 WATROO POINT, DANIEL ISLAND SC 29492
Joseph B Martin	director	C/O BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC., ONE BAXTER PARKWAY, DEERFIELD IL 60015
Warburg Pincus Ventures Lp	10 percent owner	E M WARBURG PINCUS & CO INC 466 LEXINGTON AVE 10TH FL NEW YORK NY 10017-3147