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QUTIF (Questor Technology) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.48 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Questor Technology Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Questor Technology's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.10 Mil. Questor Technology's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.33 Mil. Questor Technology's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $-0.90 Mil. Questor Technology's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was -0.48.

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

QUTIF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.44   Med: 0.06   Max: 2.17
Current: -0.44

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Questor Technology was 2.17. The lowest was -0.44. And the median was 0.06.

QUTIF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 2275 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs QUTIF: -0.44

Questor Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Questor Technology'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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Questor Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Questor Technology Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.06 0.90 -0.27 2.17 0.47

Questor Technology Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 1.64 0.37 -0.10 -0.23 -0.48

Competitive Comparison of Questor Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Questor Technology'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.


Questor Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Questor Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Questor Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Questor Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.144 + 0.047) / 0.406
=0.47

Questor Technology's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.103 + 0.329) / -0.896
=-0.48

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Questor Technology  (OTCPK:QUTIF) 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.


Questor Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Questor Technology Business Description

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Address
140 - 4 Avenue S.W., Suite 2240, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 3N3
Questor Technology Inc is focused on clean air technologies that safely and cost-effectively improve air quality, support energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reductions. The company designs, manufactures, and services high-efficiency waste gas combustion systems. Its combustion technology is utilized in the effective management of Methane, Hydrogen Sulfide gas, Volatile Organic Hydrocarbons, Hazardous Air Pollutants, and BTEX gases ensuring sustainable development, community acceptance, and regulatory compliance. It has developed heat-to-power generation technology and is marketing its solutions to various markets including landfill biogas, syngas, waste engine exhaust, geothermal and solar, cement plant waste heat in addition to a wide variety of oil and gas projects.