AYO Technology Solutions (JSE:AYO) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Feb. 2025)

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What is AYO Technology Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

AYO Technology Solutions's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was R14 Mil. AYO Technology Solutions's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was R32 Mil. AYO Technology Solutions's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was R-157 Mil. AYO Technology Solutions's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 was -0.29.

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 AYO Technology Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:AYO's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.99
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

AYO Technology Solutions  (JSE:AYO) 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.

AYO Technology Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

AYO Technology Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for AYO Technology Solutions'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.

AYO Technology Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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JSE:AYO vs IBM, ACN, FI: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, AYO Technology Solutions'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.

AYO Technology Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA vs Software Industry

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

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


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AYO Technology Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

AYO Technology Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(19.015 + 27.086) / -509.918
=-0.09

AYO Technology Solutions's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(13.764 + 32.464) / -156.79
=-0.29

* 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 two times the quarterly (Feb. 2025) EBITDA data.

AYO Technology Solutions Business Description

Address Cnr Heerengracht & Walter Sisulu Avenue, 10th Floor, Convention Tower, Foreshore, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 8001
AYO Technology Solutions Ltd is Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) information and communications technology (ICT) investment holding company. The company through its subsidiaries provides solutions to both the public and private sectors within South Africa and overseas countries. It offers a diversified portfolio of services such as data analytics, systems integration, and business process management, software development, security, cloud solutions, and digital transformation. The company's operating segment includes Software and consulting; Security solutions; Unified communications; Health care service; Tracking solutions and Managed Services. It generates maximum revenue from the Managed services segment.
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