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Transact Technologies (Transact Technologies) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.63 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Transact Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Transact Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.18 Mil. Transact Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.72 Mil. Transact Technologies's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.48 Mil. Transact Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.63.

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

TACT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.88   Med: -0.52   Max: 1.73
Current: 0.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Transact Technologies was 1.73. The lowest was -0.88. And the median was -0.52.

TACT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
75.3% of 1733 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.75 vs TACT: 0.51

Transact Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Transact Technologies'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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Transact Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Transact Technologies 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 1.73 -0.88 -0.52 -0.76 0.51

Transact Technologies 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 1.46 0.28 0.68 0.66 2.63

Competitive Comparison of Transact Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Transact Technologies'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.


Transact Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Transact Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Transact Technologies'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
=(3.179 + 0.72) / 7.702
=0.51

Transact Technologies'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
=(3.179 + 0.72) / 1.484
=2.63

* 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.


Transact Technologies  (NAS:TACT) 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.


Transact Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Transact Technologies (Transact Technologies) Business Description

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Address
2319 Whitney Avenue, One Hamden Center, Suite 3B, Hamden, CT, USA, 06518
Transact Technologies Inc develops and sells software-driven technology and printing solutions. The company's software is sold under BOHA, AccuDate, Epic, EPICENTRAL, Ithaca, and Printrex brand names. It also provides supplies and consumables used in the printing and scanning activities to restaurant and hospitality, banking, retail, casino and gaming, point of sale automation, lottery, medical, mobile, oil, and gas markets. Most of the revenue is derived from the casinos and gaming industry followed by the Foodservice technology market. Its geographical segments are the United States and International, of which the majority of its revenue comes from the United States.
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William Defrances officer: Chief Accounting Officer
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