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Keywords Studios (STU:KS3) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.53 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Keywords Studios Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Keywords Studios's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €13.9 Mil. Keywords Studios's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €160.5 Mil. Keywords Studios's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €114.1 Mil. Keywords Studios's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.53.

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

STU:KS3' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.24   Med: 0.64   Max: 1.95
Current: 1.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Keywords Studios was 1.95. The lowest was 0.24. And the median was 0.64.

STU:KS3's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
61.37% of 277 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.79 vs STU:KS3: 1.50

Keywords Studios Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Keywords Studios'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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Keywords Studios Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Keywords Studios 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 1.95 0.48 0.43 0.35 1.50

Keywords Studios 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 0.40 0.28 0.36 0.88 1.53

Competitive Comparison of Keywords Studios's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Keywords Studios'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.


Keywords Studios's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Keywords Studios's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Keywords Studios Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Keywords Studios'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
=(13.865 + 160.487) / 116.399
=1.50

Keywords Studios'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
=(13.865 + 160.487) / 114.056
=1.53

* 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.


Keywords Studios  (STU:KS3) 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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Keywords Studios (STU:KS3) Business Description

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Address
Whelan House, South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, IRL, D18 T9P8
Keywords Studios PLC provides technical services to the video game industry. It operates through three service segments based on its services: Create, Globalize and Engage. The company's geographical segments are Ireland, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, Italy, France, India, and Others.

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