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NVCR (NovoCure) Debt-to-EBITDA : -16.24 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is NovoCure Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

NovoCure's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $566.1 Mil. NovoCure's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $117.3 Mil. NovoCure's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $-42.1 Mil. NovoCure's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was -16.23.

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

NVCR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -14.99   Med: -3.31   Max: 12.11
Current: -6.24

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of NovoCure was 12.11. The lowest was -14.99. And the median was -3.31.

NVCR's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 437 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 1.4 vs NVCR: -6.24

NovoCure Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

NovoCure Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.91 -14.99 -8.61 -3.41 -6.24

NovoCure Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 -33.26 -3.85 -5.49 -5.70 -16.24

Competitive Comparison of NovoCure's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Medical Devices subindustry, NovoCure'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.


NovoCure's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, NovoCure's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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NovoCure Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

NovoCure's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(566.083 + 117.271) / -109.584
=-6.24

NovoCure's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(566.083 + 117.271) / -42.092
=-16.23

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


NovoCure  (NAS:NVCR) 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.


NovoCure Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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NovoCure Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Grenville Street, No. 4 The Forum, Second Floor, St. Helier, JEY, JE2 4UF
NovoCure Ltd is an oncology company with a propreitary platform technology in United States. Its business involves the development, manufacture and commercialization of Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) devices, including Optune Gio and Optune Lua, for the treatment of solid tumor cancers. Its pipeline consists of Trident, Lunar-2, Panova-3, Metis and other products and technologies for the treatment of Glioblastoma, Non-smell cell lung cancer and Pancreatic cancer. Geographically, the company derives majority of its revenue from the United States and rest from Germany, Japan and other markets.
Executives
Frank X Leonard officer: President, CNS Cancers US 20 VALLEY STREAM PARKWAY,, SUITE 300, MALVERN PA 19355
Ashley Cordova officer: Chief Financial Officer 20 VALLEY STREAM PARKWAY,, SUITE 300, MALVERN PA 19355
Uri Weinberg officer: Chief Innovation Officer NOVOCURE INC., 20 VALLEY STREAM PARKWAY, SUITE 300, MALVERN PA 19355
Michal Nath Puri officer: Chief Human Resources Officer BUSINESS VILLAGE D4, PARK 6/PLATZ10, ROOT V8 6039
W Anthony Vernon director C/O AXOVANT SCIENCES, INC., 320 WEST 37TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10018
Gabriel Leung director C/O PERNIX THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC., 10 NORTH PARK PLACE, SUITE 201, MORRISTOWN NJ 07960
Timothy J Scannell director 2825 AIRVIEW BOULEVARD, KALAMAZOO MI 49002
Wilhelmus Cm Groenhuysen officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O NAVTEQ CORPORATION, 222 MERCHANDISE MART STE 900, CHICAGO IL 60654
Pritesh Shah officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O NOVOCURE INC., 20 VALLEY STREAM PARKWAY, SUITE 300, MALVERN PA 19355
Arye Barak Ben officer: General Counsel TOPAZ BUILDING, 4TH FLOOR, MATAM CENTER, PO BOX 15022, SH'AR HACARMEL, HAIFA L3 31905
Kristin Stafford director 1550 LIBERTY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 115, WAYNE PA 19087
William Patrick Burke officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 195 COMMERCE WAY, PORTSMOUTH NH 03801
Allyson J Ocean director 1550 LIBERTY RIDGE DRIVE, SUITE 115, WAYNE PA 19087
Asaf Danziger director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 5 NACHUM CHAT ST., TIRAT HACARMEL L3 5112302
Ely Benaim officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O REXAHN PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 15245 SHADY GROVE ROAD, SUITE 455, ROCKVILLE MD 20850