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Mad Catz Interactive (Mad Catz Interactive) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.37 (As of Dec. 2016)


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What is Mad Catz Interactive Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Mad Catz Interactive's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $15.08 Mil. Mad Catz Interactive's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $2.93 Mil. Mad Catz Interactive's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was $-7.60 Mil. Mad Catz Interactive's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2016 was -2.37.

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 Mad Catz Interactive's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

MCZAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Mad Catz Interactive Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mad Catz Interactive'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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Mad Catz Interactive Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Mad Catz Interactive Annual Data
Trend Mar07 Mar08 Mar09 Mar10 Mar11 Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.22 -1.69 -1.73 22.83 -2.45

Mad Catz Interactive Quarterly Data
Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16
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 1.75 -0.52 -0.80 0.50 -2.37

Competitive Comparison of Mad Catz Interactive's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Mad Catz Interactive'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.


Mad Catz Interactive's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Mad Catz Interactive's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Mad Catz Interactive Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Mad Catz Interactive's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(16.149 + 0.145) / -6.65
=-2.45

Mad Catz Interactive's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(15.082 + 2.925) / -7.604
=-2.37

* 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. 2016) EBITDA data.


Mad Catz Interactive  (OTCPK:MCZAF) 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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Mad Catz Interactive (Mad Catz Interactive) Business Description

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Address
181 Bay Street, Suite 4400, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2T3
Mad Catz Interactive Inc is a Canadian company which is engaged in designing, manufacturing, marketing and distributing interactive entertainment products marketed under Mad Catz (gaming), Tritton (audio), and Saitek (simulation) brands. The company's products include headsets, mice, keyboards, controllers, specialty controllers, and other accessories. It caters to gamers and simulation enthusiast across multiple platforms including in-home gaming consoles, handheld gaming consoles, PC (Personal Computers) and Mac computers, smartphones, tablets and other smart devices. The company distributes its products through various retailers around the globe. Mad Catz derives the majority of its revenue from Americas.
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