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Duolingo (Duolingo) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.92 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Duolingo Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Duolingo's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.9 Mil. Duolingo's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $21.1 Mil. Duolingo's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $27.3 Mil. Duolingo's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.92.

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

DUOL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.06   Med: -0.67   Max: -0.47
Current: -4.06

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Duolingo was -0.47. The lowest was -4.06. And the median was -0.67.

DUOL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1596 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.035 vs DUOL: -4.06

Duolingo Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Duolingo Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.88 -0.67 -0.57 -0.47 -4.06

Duolingo Quarterly Data
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 -0.43 -1.03 -2.12 -2.16 0.92

Competitive Comparison of Duolingo's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Duolingo'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.


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

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

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



Duolingo Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Duolingo'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
=(3.944 + 21.094) / -6.164
=-4.06

Duolingo'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
=(3.944 + 21.094) / 27.348
=0.92

* 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.


Duolingo  (NAS:DUOL) 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.


Duolingo Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Duolingo (Duolingo) Business Description

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Address
5900 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 15206
Duolingo Inc is a technology company that develops mobile learning platform to learn languages and is the top-grossing app in the Education category on both Google Play and the Apple App Store. Its products are powered by sophisticated data analytics and artificial intelligence and delivered with class art, animation, and design to make it easier for learners to stay motivated master new material, and achieve their learning goals. Its solutions include The Duolingo Language Learning App, Super Duolingo, Duolingo English Test: AI-Driven Language Assessment, Duolingo For Schools, Duolingo ABC, and Duolingo Math. It has three predominant sources of revenue; time-based subscriptions, in-app advertising placement by third parties, and the Duolingo English Test.
Executives
Natalie Glance officer: SVP, Engineering C/O DUOLINGO, INC., 5900 PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH PA 15206
Stephen C. Chen officer: General Counsel C/O DUOLINGO, INC., 5900 PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH PA 15206
Robert Meese officer: Chief Business Officer C/O DUOLINGO, INC., 5900 PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH PA 15206
Severin Hacker director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer,, other: Co-Founder C/O DUOLINGO, INC., 5900 PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH PA 15206
Matthew Skaruppa officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O DUOLINGO, INC., 5900 PENN AVE., PITTSBURGH PA 15206
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