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LookSmart Group (LookSmart Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 34.05 (As of Jun. 2017)


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What is LookSmart Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

LookSmart Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was $0.00 Mil. LookSmart Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was $2.72 Mil. LookSmart Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was $0.08 Mil. LookSmart Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 34.05.

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

LKST's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Interactive Media industry.
Industry Median: 0.82
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

LookSmart Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for LookSmart 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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LookSmart Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

LookSmart Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.02 -1.15 -8.73

LookSmart Group Quarterly Data
Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Jun17
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.50 -1.42 2.43 18.04 34.05

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

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, LookSmart 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.


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

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

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



LookSmart Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

LookSmart Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.54 + 2.13) / -0.306
=-8.73

LookSmart Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 2.724) / 0.08
=34.05

* 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. 2017) EBITDA data.


LookSmart Group  (OTCPK:LKST) 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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LookSmart Group (LookSmart Group) Business Description

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Address
2850 West Horizon Ridge Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson, NV, USA, 89052
LookSmart Group Inc engages in providing digital advertising solutions. The company provides solutions for search and display advertising customers in a large online advertising ecosystem serving ads that target user queries on partner sites. It offers search advertising customers, and targeted search through a search advertising distribution network that uses the company's AdCenter platform technology. It offers advertisers the ability to buy graphical display advertising. The company derives its revenues from LookSmart AdCenter, Novatech.io, ShopWiki, and web searches.

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