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CANOF (California Nanotechnologies) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.40 (As of Aug. 2024)


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What is California Nanotechnologies Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

California Nanotechnologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was $0.86 Mil. California Nanotechnologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was $1.79 Mil. California Nanotechnologies's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was $-1.89 Mil. California Nanotechnologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was -1.40.

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

CANOF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.34   Med: 4.2   Max: 28.01
Current: 3.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of California Nanotechnologies was 28.01. The lowest was -9.34. And the median was 4.20.

CANOF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
66.95% of 1192 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.375 vs CANOF: 3.99

California Nanotechnologies Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for California Nanotechnologies'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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California Nanotechnologies Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

California Nanotechnologies Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.74 22.56 4.19 4.21 1.91

California Nanotechnologies Quarterly Data
Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24
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 1.27 0.58 -0.93 0.88 -1.40

Competitive Comparison of California Nanotechnologies's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, California Nanotechnologies'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.


California Nanotechnologies's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, California Nanotechnologies's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



California Nanotechnologies Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

California Nanotechnologies's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.023 + 1.184) / 0.633
=1.91

California Nanotechnologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.858 + 1.785) / -1.888
=-1.40

* 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 (Aug. 2024) EBITDA data.


California Nanotechnologies  (OTCPK:CANOF) 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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California Nanotechnologies Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
17220 Edwards Road, Cerritos, CA, USA, 90703
California Nanotechnologies Corp engages in the production, and research and development of nanostructured components and materials. Its products include precision forged components, thermal spray powders, nano light alloy powders, nanoalloy billets, nano superalloy powders, cemented carbides, and tooling. The company products are used in Aerospace, Defense, Automotive, Medical, and Sport and Recreation industries. It has extensive experience in dozens of R&D and pilot production projects with Industrial partners, National Labs, and Universities.

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