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QAD (QADB) Debt-to-EBITDA : -5.53 (As of Jul. 2021)


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What is QAD Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

QAD's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2021 was $17.1 Mil. QAD's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2021 was $15.3 Mil. QAD's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2021 was $-5.8 Mil. QAD's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2021 was -5.53.

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

QADB' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.68   Med: 0.94   Max: 6.17
Current: 1.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of QAD was 6.17. The lowest was 0.68. And the median was 0.94.

QADB's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.04 vs QADB: 1.69

QAD Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

QAD Annual Data
Trend Jan12 Jan13 Jan14 Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.35 6.17 0.74 3.39 1.44

QAD Quarterly Data
Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21
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 2.11 1.14 0.94 1.98 -5.53

Competitive Comparison of QAD's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, QAD'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.


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

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

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



QAD Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

QAD's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(5.431 + 29.335) / 24.122
=1.44

QAD's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(17.073 + 15.292) / -5.848
=-5.53

* 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 (Jul. 2021) EBITDA data.


QAD  (NAS:QADB) 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.


QAD Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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QAD (QADB) Business Description

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Address
100 Innovation Place, Santa Barbara, CA, USA, 93108
QAD Inc is a leading provider of flexible, cloud-based and on-premise enterprise software and services for global manufacturing companies across automotive, life sciences, consumer products, food and beverage, and industrial markets. The firm operates primarily in the following geographic regions: North America, Latin America, EMEA and the Asia Pacific. The company derives revenue from licensing software solutions, subscriptions to its cloud offerings, and maintenance fees.