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Waitr Holdings (Waitr Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : -3.81 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Waitr Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Waitr Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $57.58 Mil. Waitr Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $1.12 Mil. Waitr Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $-15.40 Mil. Waitr Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -3.81.

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

ASAPQ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.92   Med: -0.31   Max: 6.28
Current: -0.96

During the past 9 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Waitr Holdings was 6.28. The lowest was -2.92. And the median was -0.31.

ASAPQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs ASAPQ: -0.96

Waitr Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Waitr Holdings'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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Waitr Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Waitr Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -1.66 -0.48 2.87 6.28 -0.31

Waitr Holdings Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 -0.22 -0.37 -2.41 -1.27 -3.81

Competitive Comparison of Waitr Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Waitr Holdings'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.


Waitr Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Waitr Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Waitr Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Waitr Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.915 + 55.98) / -187.749
=-0.31

Waitr Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(57.578 + 1.117) / -15.4
=-3.81

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Waitr Holdings  (OTCPK:ASAPQ) 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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Waitr Holdings (Waitr Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
214 Jefferson Street, Suite 200, Lafayette, LA, USA, 70501
Waitr Holdings Inc operates an online ordering technology platform that provides delivery, carryout, and dine-in options, connecting restaurants, merchants, drivers, and diners in certain cities in the United States. It partners with independent local restaurants and regional and national chains in small and mid-size markets. Its platform uses the deliver anything ASAP model making it easy for consumers to order food, alcohol, convenience, grocery, flowers, auto parts, and more, and includes proprietary in-stadium mobile ordering technology. It has two reportable segments Delivery Services Segment and Third-Party Payment Processing Referral Services Segment, and the majority of the revenue comes from the Delivery Services Segment.
Executives
Jonathan Green director C/O LANDCADIA HOLDINGS, INC., 1510 WEST LOOP SOUTH, HOUSTON TX 77027
Luxor Capital Group, Lp 10 percent owner 7 TIMES SQUARE, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Buford H Ortale director 104 WRAUDMONT BOULEVARD, SUITE 240, NASHVILLE TN 37205
Lcg Holdings Llc 10 percent owner 7 TIMES SQUARE, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Luxor Capital Partners Offshore Ltd 10 percent owner C/O MAPLES CORPORATE SERVICES LTD., PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GEORGE TOWN E9 KY1-1104
Luxor Wavefront, Lp 10 percent owner 7 TIMES SQUARE, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Luxor Capital Partners, Lp 10 percent owner 7 TIMES SQUARE, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Lugard Road Capital Gp, Llc 10 percent owner 1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, 28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10036
Jdaniel Schmidt director 214 JEFFERSON ST, SUITE 200, LAFAYETTE LA 70501
Timothy Alan Newton officer: Chief Technology Officer 214 JEFFERSON STREET SUITE 200, LAFAYETTE LA 70501
Matthew Coy officer: Chief Information Officer 214 JEFFERSON ST, SUITE 200, LAFAYETTE LA 70501
Armen Yeghyazarians officer: Chief Accounting Officer 214 JEFFERSON ST., SUITE 200, LAFAYETTE LA 70501
Steven L Scheinthal director 1510 W LOOP S, STE 800, HOUSTON TX 77027
Thomas C. Pritchard officer: General Counsel 3 RIVERWAY, STE. 1800, HOUSTON TX 77056
David Cronin officer: Chief Engagement Officer 214 JEFFERSON STREET, SUITE 200, LAFAYETTE NY 70501

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