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Rosetta Stone (Rosetta Stone) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.47 (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Rosetta Stone Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Rosetta Stone's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $2.0 Mil. Rosetta Stone's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $4.1 Mil. Rosetta Stone's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $4.2 Mil. Rosetta Stone's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 1.47.

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

RST's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.04
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Rosetta Stone Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rosetta Stone'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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Rosetta Stone Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Rosetta Stone Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.10 -0.23 0.27 - 2.29

Rosetta Stone Quarterly Data
Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20
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 4.37 1.43 -0.82 -0.99 1.47

Competitive Comparison of Rosetta Stone's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Rosetta Stone'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.


Rosetta Stone's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Rosetta Stone Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Rosetta Stone's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.455 + 5.081) / 2.858
=2.29

Rosetta Stone's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.986 + 4.133) / 4.168
=1.47

* 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 (Jun. 2020) EBITDA data.


Rosetta Stone  (NYSE:RST) 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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Rosetta Stone (Rosetta Stone) Business Description

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Address
1621 North Kent Street, Suite 1200, Arlington, VA, USA, 22209
Rosetta Stone Inc is an education technology software company that develops language, literacy and brain-fitness software. The company offers courses in 30 languages across a range of formats, including online subscriptions, digital downloads, mobile apps, and CD packages. It provides intuitive, learning programs that are available online and via digital download or CD. It offers mobile apps for both tablet and smartphone use to enable learners to continue their lessons on the go. It operates through three segments such as Literacy, Enterprise and Education Language and Consumer Language. The Rosetta Stone Kids products provide technology-based learning solutions for children's that aims at early childhood language and literacy.
Executives
Kathryn Eberle Walker director 1621 NORTH KENT STREET, SUITE 1200, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Aedhmar Hynes director 1621 NORTH KENT STREET, SUITE 1200, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Nicholas C Gaehde officer: Co-President 1621 NORTH KENT STREET SUITE 1200 ARLINGTON VA 22209
Mathew N Hulett officer: Co-President 1621 NORTH KENT STREET, SUITE 1200, ARLINGTON VA 22209
M. Sean Hartford officer: Principal Accounting Officer ROSETTA STONE INC. 1621 NORTH KENT STREET ARLINGTON VA 22209
Steven P Yankovich director C/O ROSETTA STONE INC. 1919 NORTH LYNN STREET, 7TH FLOOR ARLINGTON VA 22209
Thomas M Pierno officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ROSETTA STONE INC. 1621 NORTH KENT STREET ARLINGTON VA 22209
Laurence Franklin director C/O ROSETTA STONE 1919 NORTH LYNN STREET 7TH FLOOR ARLINGTON VA 22209
A John Hass director, officer: Chief Executive Officer ROSETTA STONE, 1621 NORTH KENT STREET, SUITE 1200, ARLINGTON VA 22209
Jessie Woolley-wilson director C/O LEAPFROG ENTERPRISES, INC. 6401 HOLLIS STREET, SUITE 150 EMERYVILLE CA 94608
George A Logue director 1800 VALLEY VIEW LANE DALLAS TX 75234
Sean Klein officer: General Counsel & Secretary 1621 NORTH KENT STREET SUITE 1200 ARLINGTON VA 22209
Patrick W Gross director
David Nierenberg director 19605 NE 8TH STREET, CAMAS WA 98607
Sonia Galindo officer: General Counsel & Secretary C/O ROSETTA STONE, 1621 NORTH KENT STREET, SUITE 1200, ARLINGTON VA 22209