KLRA (Kailera Therapeutics) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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What is Kailera Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Kailera Therapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $1.05 Mil. Kailera Therapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $9.17 Mil. Kailera Therapeutics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $-444.82 Mil. Kailera Therapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was -0.02.

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

KLRA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.07   Med: -0.07   Max: -0.05
Current: -0.05

During the past 2 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kailera Therapeutics was -0.05. The lowest was -0.07. And the median was -0.07.

KLRA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 304 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.215 vs KLRA: -0.05

Kailera Therapeutics  (NAS:KLRA) 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.


Kailera Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Kailera Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Kailera Therapeutics'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.

Kailera Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kailera Therapeutics Annual Data
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Kailera Therapeutics Quarterly Data
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KLRA vs VCEL, ADMA, COAG: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Kailera Therapeutics'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.


Kailera Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA vs Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Kailera Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Kailera Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Kailera Therapeutics'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
=(1.04 + 9.713) / -148.645
=-0.07

Kailera Therapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.05 + 9.166) / -444.824
=-0.02

* 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 (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.


Kailera Therapeutics Business Description

Address 180 Third Avenue, 4th Floor, Waltham, MA, USA, 02451
Kailera Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company. The company focuses on developing a diversified pipeline to provide options for people living with obesity. The company is progressing four clinical-stage product candidates, leveraging multiple GLP-1 based mechanisms of action and routes of administration. The company's obesity-first approach seeks to advance product candidates with the potential to maximize weight loss and address critical needs in the current therapeutic landscape.
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