Yappn (YPPN) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.12 (As of May. 2017)

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What is Yappn Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Yappn's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2017 was $0.44 Mil. Yappn's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in May. 2017 was $7.39 Mil. Yappn's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in May. 2017 was $-3.70 Mil. Yappn's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in May. 2017 was -2.12.

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

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

Yappn Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Yappn's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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* 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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Yappn Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Yappn Annual Data

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May13

May14

May15

May16

May17

Debt-to-EBITDA

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-1.50

-1.59

-1.46

-1.89

Yappn Quarterly Data
	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15	Aug15	Nov15	Feb16	May16	Aug16	Nov16	Feb17	May17
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.71	-1.29	-0.89	68.25	-2.12

Competitive Comparison of Yappn's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Yappn'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.

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

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

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

Yappn Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Yappn's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0.443	+	7.392)	/	-4.147
	=	-1.89

Yappn's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in May. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0.443	+	7.392)	/	-3.696
	=	-2.12

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 (May. 2017) EBITDA data.

Yappn (OTCPK:YPPN) 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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Yappn (YPPN) Business Description

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1001 Avenue of the Americas, 11th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10018

Website

http://www.yappn.com

Yappn Corp is a development stage company delivering real-time language translation products. The company's products help vendors and consumers to communicate freely with one another in their own preferred languages. It provides a simple word-for-word translation by translating words as well as the context and syntax, ensuring that what is written in one language is translated into another in the accurate and meaningful way. The company's products are used for eCommerce, customer care, enhanced messaging collaboration such as intranets, gaming or social platforms, online marketing, and custom translation solutions for entertainment, retail, and marketing. It derives the majority of the revenue from the translation services it provides.

Executives

Steven Wayne Parsons

other: Past Director

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