Cliq Digital AG (FRA:CLIQ) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Dec. 2025)

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FRA:CLIQ Cliq Digital AG FRA:CLIQ
63 GF Score
Price €5.40
GF Value €2.66
Valuation Significantly Overvalued
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What is Cliq Digital AG Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cliq Digital AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was €0.9 Mil. Cliq Digital AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was €1.0 Mil. Cliq Digital AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was €-16.0 Mil. Cliq Digital AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was -0.12.

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 Cliq Digital AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:CLIQ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.37   Med: 0.29   Max: 2.05
Current: -0.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cliq Digital AG was 2.05. The lowest was -0.37. And the median was 0.29.

FRA:CLIQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 685 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.61 vs FRA:CLIQ: -0.16

Cliq Digital AG  (FRA:CLIQ) 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.


Cliq Digital AG Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Cliq Digital AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Cliq Digital AG'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.

Cliq Digital AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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FRA:CLIQ vs NFLX, DIS, WBD: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Entertainment subindustry, Cliq Digital AG'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.


Cliq Digital AG Debt-to-EBITDA vs Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Cliq Digital AG's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Cliq Digital AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cliq Digital AG's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.902 + 0.952) / 44.564
=0.04

Cliq Digital AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.902 + 0.952) / -16
=-0.12

* 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. 2025) EBITDA data.

Is Cliq Digital AG (FRA:CLIQ) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Cliq Digital AG stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €5.40 is trading 103% above its estimated GF Value™ of €2.66. GuruFocus considers Cliq Digital AG to be Significantly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for FRA:CLIQ:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €2.66 vs. price of €5.40 (103% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 63/100 with 7 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:CLIQ stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Cliq Digital AG Business Description

Other Exchanges CLIQ:Germany
Address Grunstrabe 8, Dusseldorf, NW, DEU, 40212
Cliq Digital AG is a online performance marketing company selling subscription-based streaming services that bundle movies & series, music, audiobooks, sports and games to online consumers globally. The Group's principal focus is to increase the number of profitable conversions, i.e. new customer acquisitions, via online marketing. Whereby, CLIQ develops appropriate marketing tools to convert online consumers into paying members and thus monetizes various traffic sources.
63GF Score

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