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Northwest Biotherapeutics (STU:NBYB) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.87 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Northwest Biotherapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Northwest Biotherapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €26.16 Mil. Northwest Biotherapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €26.40 Mil. Northwest Biotherapeutics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €-60.45 Mil. Northwest Biotherapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was -0.87.

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

STU:NBYB' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.01   Med: -0.34   Max: 0.21
Current: -0.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Northwest Biotherapeutics was 0.21. The lowest was -1.01. And the median was -0.34.

STU:NBYB's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 265 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.52 vs STU:NBYB: -0.96

Northwest Biotherapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Northwest Biotherapeutics'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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Northwest Biotherapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Northwest Biotherapeutics 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 -1.01 -0.04 0.21 -0.27 -0.82

Northwest Biotherapeutics 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 -0.44 -0.93 -0.75 -0.89 -0.87

Competitive Comparison of Northwest Biotherapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Northwest Biotherapeutics'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.


Northwest Biotherapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Northwest Biotherapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Northwest Biotherapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Northwest Biotherapeutics'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
=(19.068 + 22.71) / -51.008
=-0.82

Northwest Biotherapeutics'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
=(26.163 + 26.397) / -60.448
=-0.87

* 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.


Northwest Biotherapeutics  (STU:NBYB) 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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Northwest Biotherapeutics Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4800 Montgomery Lane, Suite 800, Bethesda, MD, USA, 20814
Northwest Biotherapeutics Inc is a biotechnology company involved in the development of cancer vaccines. The target is a broad range of solid-tumor cancers. The company has a proprietary manufacturing technology, which it uses to produce a personalized vaccine. The product portfolio includes product candidates such as DCVax-L, for patients with brain cancer; DCVax-Direct, direct injection into all types of inoperable solid tumor cancers, and DCVax for late-stage ovarian cancer. DCVax-Prostate, for late-stage prostate cancer, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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