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BetterLife Pharma (XCNQ:BETR) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.76 (As of Oct. 2023)


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What is BetterLife Pharma Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

BetterLife Pharma's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was C$0.08 Mil. BetterLife Pharma's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was C$0.55 Mil. BetterLife Pharma's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was C$-0.83 Mil. BetterLife Pharma's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was -0.76.

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

XCNQ:BETR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.75   Med: -0.12   Max: 1.51
Current: -0.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of BetterLife Pharma was 1.51. The lowest was -0.75. And the median was -0.12.

XCNQ:BETR's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 277 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.36 vs XCNQ:BETR: -0.23

BetterLife Pharma Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for BetterLife Pharma'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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BetterLife Pharma Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

BetterLife Pharma Annual Data
Trend Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.75 -0.27 -0.02 -0.12 -0.13

BetterLife Pharma Quarterly Data
Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23
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 -0.07 -0.52 -0.28 -0.29 -0.76

Competitive Comparison of BetterLife Pharma's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, BetterLife Pharma'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.


BetterLife Pharma's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

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

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



BetterLife Pharma Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

BetterLife Pharma's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.747 + 0.44) / -9.287
=-0.13

BetterLife Pharma's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.08 + 0.55) / -0.828
=-0.76

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


BetterLife Pharma  (XCNQ:BETR) 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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BetterLife Pharma (XCNQ:BETR) Business Description

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Address
1275 West 6th Avenue, Suite 300, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6H 1A6
BetterLife Pharma Inc a biotechnology company, engages in the development and commercialization of psychedelic products for the treatment of mental disorders in Canada, the United States, Australia, and European Union. It is involved in refining and developing drug candidates from a set of complementary interferon-based technologies that have the potential to engage the immune system to fight virus infections, such as coronavirus disease and human papillomavirus, and/or to directly inhibit tumors to treat various types of cancer.
Executives
Ahmad Doroudian Director, Senior Officer