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Dynasil of America (Dynasil of America) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.67 (As of Sep. 2019)


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What is Dynasil of America Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Dynasil of America's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was $2.15 Mil. Dynasil of America's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was $3.88 Mil. Dynasil of America's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was $1.29 Mil. Dynasil of America's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 was 4.67.

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 Dynasil of America's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

DYSL's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Dynasil of America Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dynasil of America'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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Dynasil of America Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Dynasil of America Annual Data
Trend Sep10 Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.42 3.39 4.50 2.13 4.21

Dynasil of America Quarterly Data
Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19
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 4.49 4.07 1.30 4.90 4.67

Competitive Comparison of Dynasil of America's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Dynasil of America'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.


Dynasil of America's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Dynasil of America's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Dynasil of America Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Dynasil of America's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.15 + 3.882) / 1.432
=4.21

Dynasil of America's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.15 + 3.882) / 1.292
=4.67

* 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 (Sep. 2019) EBITDA data.


Dynasil of America  (OTCPK:DYSL) 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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Dynasil of America (Dynasil of America) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
313 Washington Street, Suite 403, Newton, MA, USA, 02458
Dynasil Corp of America is a US-based company. It operates in three segments. The Optics segment, which is the key revenue driver, encompasses Dynasil Fused Silica, Evaporated Metal Films, Hilger Crystals, and Optometrics. It manufactures commercial products, including optical crystals for sensing in the security and medical imaging markets, and optical components, optical coatings and optical materials for scientific instrumentation and other applications. The Innovation and Development segment consists of the Radiation Monitoring Devices. The Biomedical segment consists of Dynasil Biomedical, a medical technology incubator that owns rights to certain early-stage medical technologies.
Executives
Bowdring Robert Joseph Jr officer: Former CFO 92 GOULD STREET, WAKEFIELD MA 01880
Alan B Levine director
Lawrence Joseph Fox director C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC., 1735 MARKET STREET - 32ND FLOOR, PHILADELPHIA PA 19103
Craig T Dunham director, 10 percent owner DYNASIL CORPORATION, 385 COOPER ROAD, WEST BERLIN NJ 08091
David Kronfeld director JK&B CAPITAL, 180 N. STETSON AVENUE, SUITE 4500, CHICAGO IL 60601
Thomas C Leonard director KADANT INC., 1 TECHONOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Gerald Entine 10 percent owner 100 BELVIDERE STREET, SUITE 10B, BOSTON MA 02199