COWI (CarbonMeta Technologies) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is CarbonMeta Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

CarbonMeta Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $3.72 Mil. CarbonMeta Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. CarbonMeta Technologies's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $12.29 Mil. CarbonMeta Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.30.

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

COWI's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.69
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

CarbonMeta Technologies  (OTCPK:COWI) 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.


CarbonMeta Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


CarbonMeta Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for CarbonMeta Technologies'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.

CarbonMeta Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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COWI vs SNES, CBNT, CNEY: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, CarbonMeta Technologies'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.


CarbonMeta Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA vs Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, CarbonMeta Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



CarbonMeta Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

CarbonMeta Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.700508 + 0) / 1.556849
=2.38

CarbonMeta Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.720894 + 0) / 12.291456
=0.30

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


CarbonMeta Technologies Business Description

Address 13110 NE 177th Place, No. 145, Woodinville, WA, USA, 98072
CarbonMeta Technologies Inc is an environmental research and development company that is commercializing technologies for processing organic wastes into hydrogen and high-value carbon products economically and sustainably. It is working on a pilot project for the production of carbon-negative pavers, street furniture, and bricks. It is also exploring technologies for extracting high-value metal oxides and rare earth elements from waste streams.