Xref (ASX:XF1) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.90 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Xref Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Xref's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$5.21 Mil. Xref's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.06 Mil. Xref's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-5.86 Mil. Xref's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.90.

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

ASX:XF1' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -17.16 Med: -0.05 Max: 2.79
Current: -1.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Xref was 2.79. The lowest was -17.16. And the median was -0.05.

ASX:XF1's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1609 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.06 vs ASX:XF1: -1.61

Xref Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Xref's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Xref Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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-0.05

-17.16

2.79

-3.93

Xref Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															6.19	1.77	-2.47	-7.86	-0.90

Competitive Comparison of Xref's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Xref'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.

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

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

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

Xref Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Xref's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0.85	+	4.482)	/	-1.358
	=	-3.93

Xref'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
	=	(5.212	+	0.059)	/	-5.86
	=	-0.90

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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

Xref (ASX:XF1) 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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Xref (ASX:XF1) Business Description

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13 Hickson Road, Suite 13, Level 3, Dawes Point, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000

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https://www.xref.com

Xref Ltd is a human resources technology company that automates the candidate reference process for employers. It is involved in leveraging databases to provide predictive analytics that enables human resource directors to make data-driven decisions. The company transforms the phone-based, manual procedure into a cloud-based, electronic process. It requests referee information from the candidate and gathers other information, analyses the candidate, and provides the report. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Australia and also has a presence in Canada; the United Kingdom; Norway; New Zealand, and the United States.

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