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Netlist (Netlist) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.09 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Netlist Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Netlist's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.84 Mil. Netlist's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.21 Mil. Netlist's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-54.69 Mil. Netlist's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.09.

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

NLST' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.12   Med: -1   Max: 0.8
Current: -0.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Netlist was 0.80. The lowest was -3.12. And the median was -1.00.

NLST's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 712 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs NLST: -0.08

Netlist Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Netlist 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 -1.74 -3.12 0.80 -0.22 -0.08

Netlist 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 -0.14 -0.03 -0.03 -0.02 -0.09

Competitive Comparison of Netlist's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Netlist'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.


Netlist's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



Netlist Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Netlist'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
=(3.844 + 1.213) / -61.389
=-0.08

Netlist'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
=(3.844 + 1.213) / -54.692
=-0.09

* 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.


Netlist  (OTCPK:NLST) 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.


Netlist Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Netlist (Netlist) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
111 Academy, Suite 100, Irvine, CA, USA, 92617
Netlist Inc is involved in the business of designing and manufacturing modular memory subsystems and also cloud service providers. Its products include Storage class memory, nonvolatile memory, specialty DIMMs and embedded flash. The company's products are based on its proprietary technologies such as Presight technology, Distributed buffer architecture, IC design, PCB designs, Thermal management designs.
Executives
Gail Misako Itow officer: Vice President and CFO C/O NETLIST, INC., 51 DISCOVERY, STE 150, IRVINE CA 92618
Chun K Hong director, 10 percent owner, officer: President,CEO & Chairman C/O NETLIST, INC., 51 DISCOVERY, STE 150, IRVINE CA 92618
Kiho Choi director 3435 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 2240, LOS ANGELES CA 90010
Jeff Benck director BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS, INC., 56 SOUTH ROCKFORD DRIVE, TEMPE AZ 85281
Vince Sheeran director 175 TECHNOLOGY DRIVE, IRVINE CA 92618
Jun Cho director C/O NETLIST, INC., 475 GODDARD, IRVINE CA 92618
Blake Welcher director 5220 LAS VIRGENES ROAD, CALABASAS CA 91302
Charles F Cargile director C/O SUNWORKS, INC., 1010 WINDING CREEK ROAD, SUITE 100, ROSEVILLE CA 95678
Hk Desai director 26650 ALISO VIEJO PARKWAY, ALISO VIEJO CA 92656
Claude M Leglise director 875 MAHLER RD, STE 280, BURLINGAME CA 94010
Richard Char director 45 WEST 36TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10018
Thomas F Lagatta director MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 5488 MARVELL LANE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Alan H Portnoy director C/O NETLIST, INC., 475 GODDARD, IRVINE CA 92618
Nam Ki Hong director C/O NETLIST, INC., 475 GODDARD, IRVINE CA 92618
James Patrick Perrott officer: SVP of Sales and Marketing 51 DISCOVERY, IRVINE CA 92618