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Gigastone (ROCO:5262) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.43 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Gigastone Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Gigastone's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$344 Mil. Gigastone's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$193 Mil. Gigastone's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$375 Mil. Gigastone's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.43.

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

ROCO:5262' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -21.97   Med: 2.46   Max: 32.4
Current: 2.01

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Gigastone was 32.40. The lowest was -21.97. And the median was 2.46.

ROCO:5262's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
57% of 707 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.6 vs ROCO:5262: 2.01

Gigastone Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Gigastone 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 2.92 10.10 7.22 4.99 2.01

Gigastone Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 6.21 6.37 3.89 2.77 1.43

Competitive Comparison of Gigastone's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Gigastone'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.


Gigastone's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Gigastone's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gigastone Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Gigastone'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
=(344.23 + 192.867) / 267.035
=2.01

Gigastone's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(344.23 + 192.867) / 374.93
=1.43

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Gigastone  (ROCO:5262) 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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Gigastone (ROCO:5262) Business Description

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Address
No. 166, Xinhu 2nd Road, 4th Floor, Neihu District, Taipei, TWN, 114
Gigastone Corp is a Taiwan based company involved in the businesses of Memory Module, Wireless/Networking Module, and Control IC and Display Module. The product portfolio of the company consists of SD Card, TF Card, OTG Flash Drives, Wireless Charger, and Wireless Smart Battery among others.

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