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Match Group (FRA:4MGN) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.73 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Match Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Match Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €0 Mil. Match Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €3,676 Mil. Match Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €984 Mil. Match Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 3.73.

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

FRA:4MGN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.81   Med: 4.5   Max: 9.18
Current: 3.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Match Group was 9.18. The lowest was 3.81. And the median was 4.50.

FRA:4MGN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
82.62% of 282 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.7 vs FRA:4MGN: 3.96

Match Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Match Group'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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Match Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Match Group Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.78 9.18 6.77 3.85 4.05

Match Group Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 3.37 4.27 3.89 3.96 3.73

Competitive Comparison of Match Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Match Group'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.


Match Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Match Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Match Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Match Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 3675.779) / 908.803
=4.04

Match Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 3675.779) / 984.368
=3.73

* 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 (Dec. 2024) EBITDA data.


Match Group  (FRA:4MGN) 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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Match Group Business Description

Address
8750 North Central Expressway, Suite 1400, Dallas, TX, USA, 75231
Match Group Inc is a provider of online dating products. The company's portfolio of brands includes Tinder, Hinge, Match, Meetic, OkCupid, Pairs, Plenty Of Fish, Azar, BLK, and more, each built to increase its user's likelihood of connecting with others. The company has four operating segments: Tinder, Hinge, Evergreen and Emerging, and Match Group Asia. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Tinder segment.

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