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Five9 (FIVN) Debt-to-EBITDA : 32.57 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Five9 Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Five9's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $12.5 Mil. Five9's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $781.4 Mil. Five9's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $24.4 Mil. Five9's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 32.57.

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 Five9's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FIVN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -93.6   Med: 3.04   Max: 55.72
Current: -74.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Five9 was 55.72. The lowest was -93.60. And the median was 3.04.

FIVN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1601 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs FIVN: -74.75

Five9 Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Five9'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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Five9 Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Five9 Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.85 44.93 -93.60 -28.52 -74.75

Five9 Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 58.79 -18.71 -44.21 -122.25 32.57

Competitive Comparison of Five9's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Five9'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.


Five9's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Five9's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Five9's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Five9 Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Five9's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(12.498 + 781.38) / -10.62
=-74.75

Five9's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(12.498 + 781.38) / 24.376
=32.57

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Five9  (NAS:FIVN) 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.


Five9 Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Five9 (FIVN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3001 Bishop Drive, Suite 350, San Ramon, CA, USA, 94583
Five9 offers cloud-native contact center software enabling digital customer service, sales, and marketing engagement. The company's Virtual Contact Center platform combines core telephony functionality, omnichannel engagement, and various modules into a unified cloud contact-center-as-a-service, or CCaaS, platform. Five9's modules include digital self-service, agent assist technology, workflow automation, as well as workforce optimization solutions that optimize call center efficiency, and manage interaction quality and agent performance.
Executives
Panos Kozanian officer: EVP, Product Engineering 3001 BISHOP DR., STE. #350, SAN RAMON CA 94583
Leena Mansharamani officer: SVP, Chief Accounting Officer 3001 BISHOP DR., STE. #350, SAN RAMON CA 94583
Michael Burkland officer: CEO, President and Chairman C/O FIVE9, INC., 4000 EXECUTIVE PARKWAY, SUITE 400, SAN RAMON CA 94583
Daniel P. Burkland officer: EVP, Sales & Business Dev. C/O FIVE9, INC., 4000 EXECUTIVE PARKWAY, SUITE 400, SAN RAMMON CA 94583
Barry Zwarenstein officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O IOMEGA CORP, 4435 EASTGATE MALL 3RD FLOOR, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Jonathan D Mariner director 2200 WEST DON TYSON PARKWAY, SPRINGDALE AR 72762
Julie Iskow director 2900 UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD, AMES X1 50010
Kimberly Alexy director 500 MCCARTHY BLVD., MILPITAS CA 95035
Jack L Acosta director C/O FIVE9, INC., 4000 EXECUTIVE PARKWAY, SUITE 400, SAN RAMON CA 94583
Rowan M Trollope director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 4000 EXECUTIVE PARKWAY, SUITE #400, SAN RAMON CA 94583
Michael J Burdiek director 39 PARKER, IRVINE CA 92618
Scott Welch officer: EVP, Cloud Operations C/O FIVE9, INC., 4000 EXECUTIVE PARKWAY, SUITE 400, SAN RAMON CA 94583
David G Dewalt director
Ana G. Pinczuk director 5725 DELPHI DRIVE, TROY MI 48098
Robert Zollars director 3061 ZANKER RD, SAN JOSEC CA 95134