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CounterPath (TSX:PATH) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.61 (As of Oct. 2020)


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What is CounterPath Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

CounterPath's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2020 was C$2.02 Mil. CounterPath's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2020 was C$1.39 Mil. CounterPath's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2020 was C$0.74 Mil. CounterPath's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2020 was 4.61.

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

TSX:PATH's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.06
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

CounterPath Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

CounterPath Annual Data
Trend Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - - -0.63 -7.84

CounterPath Quarterly Data
Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20
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 -1.99 -8.59 1.34 7.64 4.61

Competitive Comparison of CounterPath's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, CounterPath'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.


CounterPath's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



CounterPath Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

CounterPath's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6.031 + 1.549) / -0.967
=-7.84

CounterPath's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.018 + 1.391) / 0.74
=4.61

* 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 (Oct. 2020) EBITDA data.


CounterPath  (TSX:PATH) 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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CounterPath (TSX:PATH) Business Description

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Address
505 Burrard Street, Suite 300, One Bentall Centre, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V7X 1M3
CounterPath Corp designs develop and sell software and services that enable enterprises and telecommunication service providers to deliver Unified Communications (UC) services, including voice, video, messaging, and collaboration functionality. Its activities consisted primarily of selling IP telephony software and related services to telecom service providers, enterprises, and channel partners serving the telecom and enterprise segments.