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Sequans Communications (Sequans Communications) Debt-to-EBITDA : -3.06 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Sequans Communications Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sequans Communications's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $62.31 Mil. Sequans Communications's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $5.68 Mil. Sequans Communications's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $-22.24 Mil. Sequans Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -3.06.

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

SQNS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.89   Med: -1.59   Max: 41.41
Current: 39.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sequans Communications was 41.41. The lowest was -2.89. And the median was -1.59.

SQNS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
98.04% of 713 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.58 vs SQNS: 39.51

Sequans Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sequans Communications'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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Sequans Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sequans Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.88 -2.89 -2.27 41.41 4.04

Sequans Communications Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 3.62 1.58 -67.43 -6.66 -3.06

Competitive Comparison of Sequans Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Sequans Communications'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.


Sequans Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



Sequans Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sequans Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(12.205 + 51.096) / 15.66
=4.04

Sequans Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(62.314 + 5.684) / -22.24
=-3.06

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Sequans Communications  (NYSE:SQNS) 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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Sequans Communications (Sequans Communications) Business Description

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15-55 Boulevard Charles de Gaulle, Colombes, FRA, 92700
Sequans Communications SA is a designer, developer, and supplier of cellular semiconductor solutions for broadband Internet of Things (IoT) markets. Its solutions incorporate baseband processor and radio frequency, transceiver integrated circuits, along with its proprietary signal processing techniques, algorithms, and software stacks. The company's solutions serve as the core wireless broadband communications platform in devices, including smartphones, USB dongles, portable routers, laptops, netbooks, tablets, and other consumer multimedia and industrial devices. Its geographical segments are Taiwan, Korea, China (including Hong Kong), the Rest of Asia, the United States, and the Rest of the world.