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GW Pharmaceuticals (GW Pharmaceuticals) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.60 (As of Mar. 2021)


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What is GW Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

GW Pharmaceuticals's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $7.0 Mil. GW Pharmaceuticals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $35.5 Mil. GW Pharmaceuticals's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was $-70.4 Mil. GW Pharmaceuticals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 was -0.60.

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

GWPH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.06   Med: -0.03   Max: 38.41
Current: -0.77

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of GW Pharmaceuticals was 38.41. The lowest was -1.06. And the median was -0.03.

GWPH's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Drug Manufacturers industry.
Industry Median: 1.67 vs GWPH: -0.77

GW Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for GW Pharmaceuticals'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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GW Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

GW Pharmaceuticals Annual Data
Trend Sep11 Sep12 Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Dec19 Dec20
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.08 -0.01 -0.01 38.41 -1.06

GW Pharmaceuticals Quarterly Data
Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21
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 -3.06 -2.17 -0.94 -0.48 -0.60

Competitive Comparison of GW Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Drug Manufacturers - General subindustry, GW Pharmaceuticals'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.


GW Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, GW Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



GW Pharmaceuticals Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

GW Pharmaceuticals's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(7.212 + 36.425) / -41.168
=-1.06

GW Pharmaceuticals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6.963 + 35.533) / -70.42
=-0.60

* 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. 2021) EBITDA data.


GW Pharmaceuticals  (NAS:GWPH) 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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GW Pharmaceuticals (GW Pharmaceuticals) Business Description

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Address
Sovereign House, Chivers Way, Vision Park, Histon, Cambridge, GBR, CB24 9BZ
GW Pharmaceuticals PLC is a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing novel therapeutics from its proprietary cannabinoid product platform in a broad range of disease areas. The company's lead product candidate is Epidiolex, which is a liquid formulation of pure plant-derived cannabidiol used for the treatment of a number of rare childhood-onset epilepsy disorders. The company also develops and markets Sativex, an oromucosal spray for the treatment of spasticity due to multiple sclerosis. Geographically its presence can be seen across the region of UK, Europe, US, Canada, and others.
Executives
Douglas B. Snyder officer: Chief Legal Officer SOVEREIGN HOUSE, VISION PARK, HISTON CAMBRIDGE X0 CB249BZ
Volker Knappertz officer: Chief Medical Officer SOVEREIGN HOUSE, VISION PARK, HISTON, CAMBRIDGE X0 CB249BZ
Cabot Brown director SOVEREIGN HOUSE, VISION PARK, HISTON CAMBRIDGE X0 CB24 9BZ
Adam D. George officer: Secretary SOVEREIGN HOUSE, VISION PARK, HISTON CAMBRIDGE X0 CB24 9BZ
Guy Geoffrey W Dr director, officer: Executive Chairman ETHICAL HOLDINGS PLC CORPUS CHRISTI HOUSE 9 WEST STREET GODMANCHESTER CAMBRIDGESHIRE PE18 A1
Christopher J. Tovey officer: Chief Operating Officer SOVEREIGN HOUSE, VISION PARK, HISTON, CAMBRIDGE X0 CB24 9BZ
Justin D. Gover director, officer: Chief Executive Officer SOVEREIGN HOUSE, VISION PARK, HISTON, CAMBRIDGE X0 CB24 9BZ
David W Gryska director 749 N MARY AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94085
James Noble director C/O ADAPTIMMUNE THERAPEUTICS PLC, 60 JUBILEE AVE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON, OXFORDSHIRE X0 OX14 4RX
Alicia Secor director 33 HAYDEN AVE., LEXINGTON MA 02421
Darren S Cline officer: U.S. Chief Commercial Officer 35 CAMBRIDGE PARK DRIVE, CAMBRIDGE MA 02140
Catherine J Mackey director 3595 JOHN HOPKINS COURT, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
William A. Waldegrave director SOVEREIGN HOUSE, VISION PARK, HISTON CAMBRIDGE X0 CB24 9BZ
Scott M. Giacobello officer: Chief Financial Officer SOVEREIGN HOUSE, VISION PARK, HISTON, CAMBRIDGE X0 CB24 9BZ
Julian S Gangolli officer: President, North America 4955 BASELINE AVENUE, SANTA YNEZ CA 93460

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