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DZS (DZSI) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.16 (As of Mar. 2023)


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What is DZS Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

DZS's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $45.3 Mil. DZS's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $10.5 Mil. DZS's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $-48.1 Mil. DZS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was -1.16.

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

DZSI's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Hardware industry.
Industry Median: 1.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

DZS Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

DZS Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.10 -101.16 -5.13 -0.61 -1.96

DZS Quarterly Data
Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23
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 -1.17 -1.44 -2.31 -1.27 -1.16

Competitive Comparison of DZS's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, DZS'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.


DZS's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



DZS Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

DZS's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(38.613 + 11.417) / -25.561
=-1.96

DZS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(45.265 + 10.499) / -48.14
=-1.16

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


DZS  (NAS:DZSI) 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.


DZS Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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DZS (DZSI) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5700 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 400, Plano, TX, USA, 75024
DZS Inc is a broad-based network access solutions provider. It designs, develops and manufactures communications network equipment for telecommunications operators and enterprises. The firm provides solutions in five major product areas: broadband access, mobile backhaul, Ethernet switching, passive optical LAN and software-defined networks. It also offers customer premise equipment, network management, cabinets, and channel bank. Its primary geographic markets are the Americas; Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia.
Executives
Gunter Reiss officer: Chief Customer Officer, AEMEA 2300 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Justin K. Ferguson officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O DZS INC., 5700 TENNYSON PARKWAY SUITE 400, PLANO TX 75024
Charles D Vogt director, officer: President & CEO TEKELEC, 26580 WEST AGOURA ROAD, CALABASAS CA 91302
Misty Dawn Kawecki officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O DZS INC., 7500 TENNYSON PARKWAY, PLANO TX 75024
Barbara Carbone director 120 BROADWAY, SUITE 200, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Min Woo Nam director C/O ZHONE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 7195 OAKPORT STREET, OAKLAND CA 94621
David R Schopp director C/O DASAN ZHONE SOLUTIONS, INC., 7195 OAKPORT ST., OAKLAND CA 94621
Choon Yul Yoo director C/O DASAN ZHONE SOLUTIONS, INC., 7195 OAKPORT ST., OAKLAND CA 94621
Joon Kyung Kim director 3200 WILSHIRE BLVD STE 1400, LOS ANGELES CA 90010
Matthew W Bross director C/O 4 TECHNOLOGY PARK DRIVE, WESTFORD MA 01886
Norman L Foust officer: SVP of Global Supply Chain C/O CYAN, INC., 1383 N. MCDOWELL BLVD., SUITE 300, PETALUMA CA 94954
Miguel Alonso officer: Chief Product Officer 5700 TENNYSON PARKWAY, SUITE 400, PLANO TX 75024
Thomas Arthur Carter officer: Chief Customer Officer, AEMEA 5700 TENNYSON PARKWAY, SUITE 400, PLANO TX 75024
Deok Yeon Won officer: Chief Customer Officer, Asia 5700 TENNYSON PARKWAY, SUITE 400, PLANO TX 75024
Dasan Networks, Inc 10 percent owner DASAN TOWER, 49, DAEWANGPANGYO-RO, 644 BEON-GIL, BUNDANG-GU, SEONGNAM-SI GYEONGGI-DO M5 13493

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