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Sernova Biotherapeutics (TSX:SVA) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.03 (As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Sernova Biotherapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sernova Biotherapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was C$0.11 Mil. Sernova Biotherapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was C$0.44 Mil. Sernova Biotherapeutics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was C$-21.62 Mil. Sernova Biotherapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was -0.03.

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

TSX:SVA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.14   Med: -0.02   Max: 0
Current: -0.02

TSX:SVA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 281 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.54 vs TSX:SVA: -0.02

Sernova Biotherapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sernova 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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Sernova Biotherapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sernova Biotherapeutics Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.14 -0.06 -0.01 - -0.02

Sernova Biotherapeutics Quarterly Data
Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24 Jan25
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 -0.02 -0.02 -0.02 -0.03 -0.03

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

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Sernova 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.


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

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

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


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Sernova Biotherapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sernova Biotherapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.101 + 0.468) / -31.058
=-0.02

Sernova Biotherapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.106 + 0.44) / -21.624
=-0.03

* 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 (Jan. 2025) EBITDA data.


Sernova Biotherapeutics  (TSX:SVA) 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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Sernova Biotherapeutics Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
700 Collip Circle, Suite 114, London, ON, CAN, N6G 4X8
Sernova Biotherapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage company developing regenerative medicines. The company develops Cell Pouch with human donor cells or stem cells to create a biohybrid organ. The Cell Pouch is a implantable medical device designed to create a vascularized organ-like environment for the transplantation and engraftment of therapeutic cells, which then release proteins, hormones, or other factors into the bloodstream for the long-term treatment of multiple chronic diseases such as type 1 diabetes, hypothyroid disease, and rare diseases such as hemophilia A.
Executives
Steven Sangha Director
Brett Alexander Whalen Director
Jeffrey Bacha Director

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