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Gawk (GAWK) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.09 (As of Oct. 2017)


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What is Gawk Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Gawk's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 was $4.22 Mil. Gawk's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 was $0.00 Mil. Gawk's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 was $-3.88 Mil. Gawk's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 was -1.09.

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

GAWK's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.06
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Gawk Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gawk'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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Gawk Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Gawk Annual Data
Trend Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - - -0.32 -0.69 -0.30

Gawk Quarterly Data
Jan13 Apr13 Jul13 Oct13 Jan14 Apr14 Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17
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 23.80 -0.08 6.72 -1.74 -1.09

Competitive Comparison of Gawk's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Gawk'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.


Gawk's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Gawk's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gawk Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Gawk's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.775 + 0.16) / -9.72
=-0.30

Gawk's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(4.216 + 0) / -3.876
=-1.09

* 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 (Oct. 2017) EBITDA data.


Gawk  (OTCPK:GAWK) 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.


Gawk Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Gawk (GAWK) Business Description

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Address
5300 Melrose Avenue, Suite 42, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 90038
Gawk Inc offers cloud communications, cloud connectivity, cloud computing, and managed cloud-based applications solutions to businesses; and offers domestic and international voice services to communications carriers worldwide. It also offers advanced data center and cloud-based services, including fault-tolerant, high availability cloud servers, which comprise a platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, and a content delivery network; managed network services that converge voice and data applications, structured cabling, wireless, and security services, as well as include Internet access via Ethernet or fiber at speeds ranging from 10 Mbps to 10 Gbps; and data center solutions, including cloud services, colocation services, and business continuity services.

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