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Cerence (Cerence) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.14 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cerence Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cerence's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.7 Mil. Cerence's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $285.5 Mil. Cerence's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $256.5 Mil. Cerence's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.14.

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

CRNC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -51.83   Med: 0.67   Max: 9.98
Current: 5.72

During the past 8 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cerence was 9.98. The lowest was -51.83. And the median was 0.67.

CRNC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
86.48% of 1598 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs CRNC: 5.72

Cerence Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Cerence Annual Data
Trend Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial - 9.98 3.13 -1.79 -51.83

Cerence 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 9.77 -5.51 -11.85 11.36 1.14

Competitive Comparison of Cerence's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Cerence'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.


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

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

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



Cerence Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cerence'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
=(5.434 + 283.898) / -5.582
=-51.83

Cerence'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
=(5.676 + 285.485) / 256.48
=1.14

* 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.


Cerence  (NAS:CRNC) 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.


Cerence Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Cerence (Cerence) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Burlington Woods Drive, Suite 301A, Burlington, MA, USA, 01803
Cerence Inc is a United States-based software company. It is involved in developing mobility-based solutions for drivers and their cars. The customers include all automobile original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, or their tier 1 suppliers. The company's revenue is generated by selling software licenses and cloud-connected services. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States and also has a presence in Other Americas; Germany; Other Europe, the Middle East, Africa; Japan, and Other Asia-Pacific.
Executives
Stefan Ortmanns officer: Executive Vice President WALTER-SCHEIBLER-STR 24, MONSCHAU 2M 52156
Iqbal Arshad officer: EVP, CTO CERENCE INC., 1 BURLINGTON WOODS DRIVE, SUITE 301A, BURLINGTON MA 01803
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Prateek Kathpal officer: EVP & CTO 1 BURLINGTON WOODS DRIVE, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Christophe Couvreur officer: SVP, Core BU 1 BURLINGTON WOODS DRIVE, BURLINGTON MA 01803
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