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Optical Cable (Optical Cable) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.80 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Optical Cable Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Optical Cable's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.05 Mil. Optical Cable's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $10.07 Mil. Optical Cable's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $-3.62 Mil. Optical Cable's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -2.79.

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

OCC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -44.24   Med: 2.63   Max: 27.25
Current: 4.95

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Optical Cable was 27.25. The lowest was -44.24. And the median was 2.63.

OCC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
78.37% of 1738 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.78 vs OCC: 4.95

Optical Cable Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Optical Cable'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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Optical Cable Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Optical Cable Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -3.37 -3.69 0.98 6.92 2.55

Optical Cable Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 2.07 1.02 4.69 -3.93 -2.80

Competitive Comparison of Optical Cable's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Optical Cable'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.


Optical Cable's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Optical Cable Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Optical Cable's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.053 + 10.947) / 4.311
=2.55

Optical Cable's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.054 + 10.074) / -3.624
=-2.79

* 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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Optical Cable  (NAS:OCC) 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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Optical Cable (Optical Cable) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5290 Concourse Drive, Roanoke, VA, USA, 24019
Optical Cable Corp manufactures tight-buffered fiber optic & copper data communication cables, data communication connectivity solutions for enterprise markets, and customized solutions for specialty use & harsh environments. Its products and services include designs and customized products for specialty applications and harsh environments, cabling, connectors, patch cords, assemblies, racks, cabinets, datacom enclosures, patch panels, faceplates, and multi-media boxes. The company supplies its products and services to industries such as the military, industrial, mining, petrochemical, broadcast, oil & gas, and others.
Executives
Randall H Frazier director
Wilkin Neil D Jr director, officer: President and CFO
Williamson John B Iii director PO BOX 13007, ROANOKE VA 24030
Nygren John A Jr director 567 SEAFORD LANE, MATHEWS VA 23109
Craig H Weber director
William Russell Reynolds officer: SR VP OF SALES 106 DISTANT VIEW DRIVE, ASHEVILLE NC 28803
Tracy G Smith officer: Chief Financial Officer
Luke J Huybrechts director, officer: SVP Sales
Charles W Carson officer: SVP Marketing & Strategy
Ted W Leonard officer: VP Sales - USA
John M Holland director