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Oyster Enterprises Acquisition (NAS:OSTR) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -1.17 (As of Sep. 2022)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $1.00 Mil. Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $0.00 Mil. Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was $-0.86 Mil. Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was -1.17.

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 Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

OSTR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.05   Med: -0.64   Max: -0.64
Current: -1.05

During the past 2 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Oyster Enterprises Acquisition was -0.64. The lowest was -1.05. And the median was -0.64.

OSTR's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: 6.86 vs OSTR: -1.05

Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Oyster Enterprises Acquisition'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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Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21
Debt-to-EBITDA
N/A -0.64

Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Quarterly Data
Oct20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
Debt-to-EBITDA Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -0.41 -0.43 -0.88 -1.17
Competitive Comparison

For the Shell Companies subindustry, Oyster Enterprises Acquisition'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.

   
Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA falls in comparison to its industry or sector. The grey bar indicates the Debt-to-EBITDA's extreme value range as defined by GuruFocus.


Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.5 + 0) / -0.784
=-0.64

Oyster Enterprises Acquisition's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1 + 0) / -0.856
=-1.17

* 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. 2022) EBITDA data.

Oyster Enterprises Acquisition  (NAS:OSTR) 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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Oyster Enterprises Acquisition (NAS:OSTR) Business Description

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OSTRU:USA
Address
777 South Flagler Drive, Suite 800W, West Palm Beach, FL, USA, 33401
Website
https://www.oysteracquisition.com
Oyster Enterprises Acquisition Corp is a blank check company.
Executives
Dana Goldsmith Needleman director 777 SOUTH FLAGLER DRIVE,, SUITE 800W, WEST PALM BEACH FL 33401
Wade Martin R Iii director 100 ROWLAND WAY, SUITE 300, NOVATO CA 94945
Randall D Smith director, 10 percent owner 885 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Heath Freeman director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 885 THIRD AVENUE, 34TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Michael J Monticciolo director, officer: CLO, COO and Secretary C/O GSC INVESTMENT CORP., 12 EAST 49TH STREET, SUITE 3200, NEW YORK NY 10017
Joshua Kleban officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O OYSTER ENTERPRISES ACQUISITION CORP, 300 MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Akram Maziar director C/O OYSTER ENTERPRISES ACQUISITION CORP, 300 MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901
Oyster Enterprises Llc 10 percent owner 300 MAIN STREET, STAMFORD CT 06901