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The Descartes Systems Group (The Descartes Systems Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.03 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is The Descartes Systems Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

The Descartes Systems Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $3.1 Mil. The Descartes Systems Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $3.9 Mil. The Descartes Systems Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $227.7 Mil. The Descartes Systems Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 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 The Descartes Systems Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DSGX' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 0.1   Max: 0.5
Current: 0.03

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of The Descartes Systems Group was 0.50. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.10.

DSGX's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
96.5% of 1601 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs DSGX: 0.03

The Descartes Systems Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Descartes Systems Group'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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The Descartes Systems Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

The Descartes Systems Group Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.12 0.10 0.07 0.04 0.03

The Descartes Systems Group Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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Competitive Comparison of The Descartes Systems Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, The Descartes Systems Group'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.


The Descartes Systems Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



The Descartes Systems Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

The Descartes Systems Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.075 + 3.903) / 218.49
=0.03

The Descartes Systems Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.075 + 3.903) / 227.688
=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. 2024) EBITDA data.


The Descartes Systems Group  (NAS:DSGX) 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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The Descartes Systems Group (The Descartes Systems Group) Business Description

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Address
120 Randall Drive, Waterloo, ON, CAN, N2V 1C6
The Descartes Systems Group provides a software solution that allows users in the shipping industry to communicate with one another. The core product is the Global Logistics Network, which is best understood as transaction driven. Descartes charges clients to send/receive messages, data, and documents on the GLN (the transactions). Customers typically contract for a monthly minimum over a multiyear period. The GLN platform allows for Descartes to upsell additional software modules as well, typically provided via a software-as-a-service model.