Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.
Block's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $654 Mil. Block's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $4,437 Mil. Block's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was $-417 Mil.
Block's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2022 was -12.22.
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 Block's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:
SQ'
s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -25.37 Med: 6.02 Max: 24.49
Current: -25.37
During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Block was 24.49. The lowest was -25.37. And the median was 6.02.
SQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than 98.49% of 1454
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.14
vs SQ: -25.37
Block Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data
The historical data trend for Block'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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Block Annual Data
Trend
Dec12
Dec13
Dec14
Dec15
Dec16
Dec17
Dec18
Dec19
Dec20
Dec21
Debt-to-EBITDA
-21.18
24.49
2.26
9.78
16.96
Block Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Debt-to-EBITDA
6.69
30.14
-61.73
-10.45
-12.22
Competitive Comparison
For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Block'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.
Block Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution
For the Software industry and Technology sector, Block's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Block's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.
Block Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation
Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.
Block's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as
* 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. 2022) EBITDA data.
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.
Block Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms
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Founded in 2009, Block provides payment acquiring services to merchants, along with related services. The company also launched Cash App, a person-to-person payment network. Block has operations in Canada, Japan, Australia, and the United Kingdom; about 5% of revenue is generated outside the U.S.
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