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Zecotek Photonics (Zecotek Photonics) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.91 (As of Apr. 2020)


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What is Zecotek Photonics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Zecotek Photonics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2020 was $2.89 Mil. Zecotek Photonics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2020 was $0.00 Mil. Zecotek Photonics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2020 was $-0.99 Mil. Zecotek Photonics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2020 was -2.91.

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

ZMSPF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry.
Industry Median: 1.26
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Zecotek Photonics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zecotek Photonics'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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Zecotek Photonics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Zecotek Photonics Annual Data
Trend Jul10 Jul11 Jul12 Jul13 Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -0.01 -0.01 - -0.94

Zecotek Photonics Quarterly Data
Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20
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 -0.60 -2.70 -1.55 - -2.91

Competitive Comparison of Zecotek Photonics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Medical Devices subindustry, Zecotek Photonics'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.


Zecotek Photonics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Zecotek Photonics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Zecotek Photonics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Zecotek Photonics's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.229 + 0) / -3.449
=-0.94

Zecotek Photonics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(2.885 + 0) / -0.992
=-2.91

* 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 (Apr. 2020) EBITDA data.


Zecotek Photonics  (OTCPK:ZMSPF) 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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Zecotek Photonics (Zecotek Photonics) Business Description

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Address
6900 Graybar Road, Unit 2325, Richmond, BC, CAN, V6W 0A5
Zecotek Photonics Inc is in the business of research and development of photonics technologies. The company is focused on creating advanced materials and integrated optoelectronic devices for high-resolution medical imaging, optical precision surgery, and biopharmaceutical research. It operates in three divisions which include Imaging systems, Optronics systems, and 3D display systems with labs located in Canada, Korea, Russia, Singapore, and the U.S.A. The company develops products such as scintillation crystals, solid-state, photodetectors, positron emission tomography scanning components, lasers, and 3D display and 3D printing technologies. These products are used in sectors such as healthcare, scientific and industrial.