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LivePerson (LivePerson) Debt-to-EBITDA : -6.10 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is LivePerson Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

LivePerson's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $78.1 Mil. LivePerson's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $513.7 Mil. LivePerson's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-97.0 Mil. LivePerson's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -6.10.

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

LPSN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -13.62   Med: -8.61   Max: -2.98
Current: -13.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of LivePerson was -2.98. The lowest was -13.62. And the median was -8.61.

LPSN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1599 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs LPSN: -13.62

LivePerson Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

LivePerson Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.98 -8.61 -9.35 -4.38 -10.99

LivePerson 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 -5.27 -5.64 11.87 -26.51 -6.10

Competitive Comparison of LivePerson's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, LivePerson'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.


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

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

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



LivePerson Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

LivePerson'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
=(78.149 + 513.738) / -53.876
=-10.99

LivePerson'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
=(78.149 + 513.738) / -97.048
=-6.10

* 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.


LivePerson  (NAS:LPSN) 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.


LivePerson Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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LivePerson (LivePerson) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
530 7th Avenue, Floor M1, New York, NY, USA, 10018
LivePerson Inc offers cloud-based platform solutions. It enables businesses and consumers to connect through conversational interfaces, such as in-app and mobile messaging, while leveraging bots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to increase efficiency. The company has two reportable segments namely Business and Consumer. It generates maximum revenue from the Business segment. The Business segment enables brands to leverage the Conversational Cloud's sophisticated intelligence engine to connect with consumers through an integrated suite of mobile and online business messaging technologies. The company has a presence in the United Kingdom, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, and Europe.
Executives
John Deneen Collins officer: Chief Financial Officer LIVEPERSON, INC., 475 TENTH AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Jeffrey Ford officer: Chief Accounting Officer 530 7TH AVE., FLOOR M1, NEW YORK NY 10018
Alex Kroman officer: EVP, Product and Technology 530 7TH AVE., FLOOR M1, NEW YORK NY 10018
Norman M. Osumi officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O LIVEPERSON, INC., 475 TENTH AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Monica L. Greenberg officer: EVP, General Counsel LIVEPERSON, INC., 462 SEVENTH AVENUE 3RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Robert P Locascio director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O LIVEPERSON INC, 462 SEVENTH AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10018
William Wesemann director 130 MONTALVO ROAD, REDWOOD CITY CA 94062
James R. Miller director 4050 EAST COTTON CENTER BLVD. 6-68, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Bruce Edward Hansen director 17732 VINEYARD LANE, POWAY CA 92064
Vanessa Pegueros director C/O CARBON BLACK, INC., 1100 WINTER STREET, WALTHAM MA 02451
Yael Zheng director 345 ENCINAL STREET, SANTA CRUZ CA 95060
Alexander Spinelli officer: EVP, Chief Technology Officer LIVEPERSON, INC., 475 TENTH AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Kevin Lavan director 44 HILLCREST ROAD, MARTINSVILLE NJ 08836
Ernest T. Cu director LIVEPERSON, INC., 475 TENTH AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Daryl Carlough officer: SVP, Global & Corp Controller BEDMINSTER ONE, 135 US HIGHWAY 202/206, SUITE 11, BEDMINSTER NJ 07921

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