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Amtech Systems (Amtech Systems) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -0.64 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Amtech Systems's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.2 Mil. Amtech Systems's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $17.8 Mil. Amtech Systems's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-33.0 Mil. Amtech Systems's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.64.

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

ASYS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.3   Med: 0.58   Max: 10.47
Current: -1.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Amtech Systems was 10.47. The lowest was -2.30. And the median was 0.58.

ASYS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 710 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs ASYS: -1.31

Amtech Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Amtech Systems'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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Amtech Systems Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.72 10.47 2.71 0.57 -2.30

Amtech Systems 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.19 3.03 13.49 -0.54 -0.64

Competitive Comparison

For the Semiconductor Equipment & Materials subindustry, Amtech Systems'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.


Amtech Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Amtech Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Amtech Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(4.888 + 17.316) / -9.65
=-2.30

Amtech Systems'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
=(3.226 + 17.795) / -33
=-0.64

* 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.


Amtech Systems  (NAS:ASYS) 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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Amtech Systems (Amtech Systems) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
131 South Clark Drive, Tempe, AZ, USA, 85288
Amtech Systems Inc is a manufacturer of capital equipment, including thermal processing and wafer polishing, and related consumables used in fabricating semiconductor devices, such as silicon carbide (SiC) and silicon power chips, electronic assemblies, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). the company has two segments; Semiconductor; it designs, manufactures, sells, and services thermal processing equipment and related controls for use by semiconductor manufacturers, and in electronics, automotive, and other industries; and Material and Substrate - it produces consumables and machinery for lapping (fine abrading) and polishing of materials, such as sapphire substrates, optical components, silicon wafers, numerous types of crystal materials, ceramics and metal components.
Executives
Robert C Daigle director C/O: ROGERS CORPORATION, ONE TECHNOLOGY DRIVE PO BOX 188, ROGERS CT 06263-0188
Robert M Averick director, 10 percent owner KOKINO LLC, 201 TRESSER BOULEVARD, 3RD FLOOR, STAMFORD CT 06901
Michael M Ludwig director C/O AMTECH SYSTEMS, INC., 131 S CLARK DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85288
Michael Whang officer: Vice President of Operations 131 S CLARK DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85281
Jong S Whang director, officer: Executive Chairman
Robert F King director C/O AMTECH SYSTEMS INC, 131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85281
Lisa Gibbs officer: VP & Chief Accounting Officer 131 S CLARK DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85281
Robert T Hass officer: Interim CFO C/O AMTECH SYSTEMS INC, 131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85281
Cornice Fiduciary Management Llc 10 percent owner C/O WILLOW STREET GROUP, LLC, 270 W. PEARL AVENUE, SUITE 104, JACKSON WY 83001
Fokko Pentinga director, officer: President and CEO TEMPRESS SYSTEMS, B.V., RADEWEG 31, VAASSEN P7 8171 MD
Wansem Paul J Van Der director, officer: See Remarks 597 LOWELL ROAD, CONCORD MA 01742
Michael Garnreiter director 6735 E. GREENWAY PARKWAY, UNIT #2049, SCOTTSDALE AZ 85254
Sukesh Mohan director C/O EL CAMINO TECHNOLOGIES LLC, 6200 STONERIDGE MALL ROAD, SUITE 300, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Bradley Clark Anderson officer: Chief Financial Officer 131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85281
Goudena Egbert J. G. director 131 SOUTH CLARK DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85281