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Cara Therapeutics (Cara Therapeutics) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -0.05 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Cara Therapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. Cara Therapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6.09 Mil. Cara Therapeutics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-115.76 Mil. Cara Therapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.05.

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

CARA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.05   Med: -0.04   Max: 0.94
Current: -0.05

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cara Therapeutics was 0.94. The lowest was -0.05. And the median was -0.04.

CARA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 277 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.39 vs CARA: -0.05

Cara Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cara Therapeutics'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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Cara Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.04 0.94 -0.04 -0.02 -0.05

Cara Therapeutics 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 -0.02 -0.01 -0.01 -0.06 -0.05

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Cara Therapeutics'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.


Cara Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Cara Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cara Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cara Therapeutics'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
=(0 + 6.088) / -117.65
=-0.05

Cara Therapeutics'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
=(0 + 6.088) / -115.756
=-0.05

* 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.


Cara Therapeutics  (NAS:CARA) 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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Cara Therapeutics (Cara Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
107 Elm Street, 9th Floor, 4 Stamford Plaza, Stamford, CT, USA, 06902
Cara Therapeutics Inc is an emerging biotechnology company involved in the development of novel therapeutics to treat human diseases associated with inflammation, pain, and pruritus. Cara's most advanced compound, CR845, aims to treat acute pain and pruritus. This patented compound has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipruritic properties that can be used for multiple therapeutic applications. Additionally, Cara's objective is to use its proprietary drug-screening technology to develop a future pipeline of first-in-class molecules with analgesic and anti-inflammatory features.
Executives
Christopher Posner director C/O CARA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 4 STAMFORD PLAZA, 107 ELM STREET, 9TH FL, STAMFORD CT 06902
Helen M Boudreau director 200 TECHNOLOGY SQUARE, 4TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Joana Goncalves officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O CARA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 4 STAMFORD PLAZA, 107 ELM STREET, 9TH FL, STAMFORD CT 06902
Scott Terrillion officer: Sec'y; Chief Compliance & G.C. C/O CARA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 4 STAMFORD PLAZA, 107 ELM STREET, 9TH FL, STAMFORD CT 06902
Menzaghi Frederique Ph.d. officer: VP-Research & Development C/O CARA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1 PARROTT DRIVE, SHELTON CT 06484
Moltke Lisa Von director C/O SERESTHERAPEUTICS, INC., 200 SIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Martin Vogelbaum director 675 ALMANOR AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
Ryan D Maynard officer: Chief Financial Officer RIGEL PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., 1180 VETERANS BLVD., SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO CA 94080
Csl Ltd 10 percent owner
Jeffrey L. Ives director C/O CARA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 1 PARROTT DRIVE, SHELTON CT 06484
Bains Harrison M Jr director
Thomas Charles Reilly officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O CARA THERAPEUTICS, INC., 4 STAMFORD PLAZA, 107 ELM STREET, STAMFORD CT 06902
Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma Ltd. 10 percent owner RECHENSTRASSE 37, CH-9014, ST. GALLEN V8 9014
Vifor (international) Ltd 10 percent owner RECHENSTRASSE 37, ST. GALLEN V8 9000
Vifor Pharma Ltd. 10 percent owner UNTERMATTWEG 8, BERNE V8 CH-3027