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DLH Holdings (DLH Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.64 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is DLH Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

DLH Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $20.4 Mil. DLH Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $161.9 Mil. DLH Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $39.3 Mil. DLH Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.64.

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

DLHC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.65   Med: 3.42   Max: 6.28
Current: 5.22

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of DLH Holdings was 6.28. The lowest was 0.65. And the median was 3.42.

DLHC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
80.24% of 830 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.85 vs DLHC: 5.22

DLH Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for DLH 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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DLH Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

DLH Holdings Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.14 4.58 2.70 0.97 6.28

DLH Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 5.48 4.81 12.37 4.47 4.64

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

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, DLH 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.


DLH Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, DLH Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



DLH Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

DLH Holdings'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
=(20.651 + 171.055) / 30.535
=6.28

DLH Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(20.42 + 161.852) / 39.264
=4.64

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


DLH Holdings  (NAS:DLHC) 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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DLH Holdings (DLH Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3565 Piedmont Road, NE Building 3, Suite 700, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30305
DLH Holdings Corp is a provider of technology-enabled business process outsourcing and program management solutions in the United States. The company offers services to several government agencies which include the Department of Veteran Affairs. It is engaged in public health, performance evaluation, and health operations to solve the complex problems faced by civilian and military customers alike, leveraging digital transformation, artificial intelligence, analytics, cloud-based applications, and telehealth systems.
Executives
Wynnefield Partners Small Cap Value Lp 10 percent owner 450 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 509, NEW YORK NY 10123
Judith L Bjornaas director 12015 LEE JACKSON MEMORIAL HWY., MANTECH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, FAIRFAX VA 22033
Jacqueline S. Everett officer: Chief Growth Officer 4602 QUARTZ ROCK CT., CHANTILLY VA 20151
Frederick Gerald Wasserman director 4 NOBADEER DRIVE, PENNINGTON NJ 08534
Galeel Maliek Ferebee officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 2659 WINTER MORNING WAY, OLNEY MD 20832
Kathryn M. Johnbull officer: Chief Financial Officer 1776 PEACHTREE STREET, NW, SUITE 300S, ATLANTA GA 30309
Stephen Zelkowicz director C/O SUMMER INFANT, INC., 1275 PARK EAST DRIVE, WOONSOCKET RI 02895
Zachary Parker director, officer: CEO and President TEAMSTAFF, INC., 1 EXECUTIVE DRIVE, SUITE 130, SOMERSET NJ 08873
James P Allen director C/O GRC INTERNATIONAL INC, 1900 GALLOWS RD, VIENNA VA 22182
Jeanine M. Christian officer: Pres. Social&Scientific Sys 523 PICCADILLY ROAD, TOWNSON MD 21204
Kevin Wilson officer: President, DLH Solutions 3525 HIGHWAY 81 S., TEAMSTAFF GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC., LOGANVILLE GA 30052
Wynnefield Capital, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan 10 percent owner 450 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 509, NEW YORK NY 10123
Joshua Landes 10 percent owner
Nelson Obus 10 percent owner
Martin J Delaney director 37 OVERLOOK TRAIL, NEWARK NJ 07950

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