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Sense Technologies (Sense Technologies) Debt-to-EBITDA : -6.27 (As of Nov. 2016)


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What is Sense Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sense Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 was $3.44 Mil. Sense Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 was $1.08 Mil. Sense Technologies's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 was $-0.72 Mil. Sense Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 was -6.27.

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

SNSGF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Vehicles & Parts industry.
Industry Median: 2.33
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Sense Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sense Technologies'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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Sense Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sense Technologies Annual Data
Trend Feb07 Feb08 Feb09 Feb10 Feb11 Feb12 Feb13 Feb14 Feb15 Feb16
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.93 -4.81 -3.63 -3.61 -6.33

Sense Technologies Quarterly Data
Feb12 May12 Aug12 Nov12 Feb13 May13 Aug13 Nov13 Feb14 May14 Aug14 Nov14 Feb15 May15 Aug15 Nov15 Feb16 May16 Aug16 Nov16
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 -10.77 -2.79 -4.36 -1.41 -6.27

Competitive Comparison of Sense Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Sense Technologies'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.


Sense Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sense Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sense Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sense Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.382 + 0.063) / -0.386
=-6.33

Sense Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.438 + 1.079) / -0.72
=-6.27

* 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 (Nov. 2016) EBITDA data.


Sense Technologies  (OTCPK:SNSGF) 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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Sense Technologies (Sense Technologies) Business Description

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Address
2535 North Carleton Avenue, Grand Island, NE, USA, 68803
Sense Technologies Inc. is a developer and marketer of driver aids for the automotive industry. The Company holds a non-exclusive license to manufacture, distribute, market and sell the ScopeOut product, a system of specially designed mirrors which are placed at specific points on automobiles, trucks, sport utility vehicles or commercial vehicles to offer drivers a more complete view behind the vehicle.

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