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MediciNova (MediciNova) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -0.02 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

MediciNova's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.22 Mil. MediciNova's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. MediciNova's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-9.94 Mil. MediciNova's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.02.

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

MNOV' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.02   Med: -0.01   Max: -0.01
Current: -0.02

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of MediciNova was -0.01. The lowest was -0.02. And the median was -0.01.

MNOV's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 277 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.39 vs MNOV: -0.02

MediciNova Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for MediciNova'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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MediciNova Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -0.01 -0.01 -0.01 -0.02

MediciNova 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.01 -0.05 -0.06 -0.15 -0.02

Competitive Comparison

For the Biotechnology subindustry, MediciNova'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.


MediciNova Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, MediciNova's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



MediciNova Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

MediciNova'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
=(0.216 + 0) / -9.88
=-0.02

MediciNova'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
=(0.216 + 0) / -9.94
=-0.02

* 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.


MediciNova  (NAS:MNOV) 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.


MediciNova Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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MediciNova (MediciNova) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4275 Executive Square, Suite 300, La Jolla, CA, USA, 92037
MediciNova Inc is a biopharmaceutical company. The company acquires and develops small-molecule therapeutics for the treatment of diseases with unmet medical needs with a specific focus on the U.S. market. Its products portfolio includes therapeutics such as MN-001, MN-166, MN-221 etc. The firm's current strategy is to focus its development activities on therapeutics for neurological disorders and fibrotic diseases.
Executives
Nicole Lemerond director 3 MURRAY HILL ROAD, SCARSDALE NY 10583
Hideki Nagao director 4350 LA JOLLA VILLAGE DRIVE, SUITE 950, SAN DIEGO CA 92122
Jason J Kruger officer: Chief Financial Officer 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 300, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Douglas Paulin officer: Chief Financial Officer 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 300, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Gaeta Federico C.a. officer: Chief Scientific Officer 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 300, LA JOLLA CA 92037
3d Investment Partners Pte. Ltd. 10 percent owner 250 NORTH BRIDGE ROAD, #13-01 RAFFLES CITY TOWER, SINGAPORE U0 179101
3d Opportunity Master Fund 10 percent owner C/O MAPLES CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED, PO BOX 309, UGLAND HOUSE, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1104
Carolyn Beaver director 3595 JOHN HOPKINS COURT, SAN DIEGO CA 92121
Stepanow Edward C Jr. officer: Chief Financial Officer 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE SUITE 300, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Kazuko Matsuda officer: Chief Medical Officer C/O MEDICINOVA, INC., 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 650, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Yuichi Iwaki director C/O MEDICINOVA, INC., 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 650, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Carla Reyes officer: Chief Financial Officer 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 300, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Yoshio Ishizaka director 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 650, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Yutaka Kobayashi director 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 650, LA JOLLA CA 92037
Geoffrey Obrien officer: Vice President 4275 EXECUTIVE SQUARE, SUITE 650, LA JOLLA CA 92037

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