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Blue World Acquisition (Blue World Acquisition) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.21 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Blue World Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Blue World Acquisition's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.65 Mil. Blue World Acquisition's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Blue World Acquisition's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-1.20 Mil. Blue World Acquisition's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -2.21.

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 Blue World Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BWAQ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.26   Med: -1.9   Max: -1.9
Current: -2.26

During the past 2 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Blue World Acquisition was -1.90. The lowest was -2.26. And the median was -1.90.

BWAQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 125 companies
in the Diversified Financial Services industry
Industry Median: 5.42 vs BWAQ: -2.26

Blue World Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Blue World Acquisition'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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Blue World Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Blue World Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Jun22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA
- -1.90

Blue World Acquisition Quarterly Data
Aug21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.59 -1.33 -2.50 -1.96 -2.21

Competitive Comparison of Blue World Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Blue World Acquisition'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.


Blue World Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Blue World Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Blue World Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Blue World Acquisition'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
=(1.872 + 0) / -0.988
=-1.89

Blue World Acquisition's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.646 + 0) / -1.196
=-2.21

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Blue World Acquisition  (NAS:BWAQ) 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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Blue World Acquisition (Blue World Acquisition) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
244 Fifth Avenue, Suite B-88, New York, NY, USA, 10001
Website
Blue World Acquisition Corp is a newly organized blank check exempted company.
Executives
Blue World Holdings Ltd 10 percent owner ROOM 301, NO. 3 LANE 1249, YU YUAN ROAD, CHANG NING DISTRICT, SHANGHAI F4 200050
Liang Shi director, officer: CEO SUITE 3005,1559, ZUCHNGZHI ROAD, SHANGHAI F4 201203
Hickey Alfred J Iii director 183 CHAPEL HILL ROAD, RED BANK, NEW JERSEY NJ 07701
Tiantong Yan officer: CFO ROOM 411, 4F, NO. 333, TIAN YAO QIAO ROAD, SHANGHAI F4 200030
Bok Buhdy Sin Swee director 199 TANAH MERAH KECHIL AVENUE, SINGAPORE U0 465727
Weixiong Cheong director, officer: COO 16 KALLANG PLACE #01-16/18., SINGAPORE U0 339156
Zhenyu Li director 15493 ROYAL AVE, WHITE ROCK, BRITISH COLUMBIA Z4 V4B 1N3

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