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Certive Solutions (Certive Solutions) Debt-to-EBITDA : -5.59 (As of Nov. 2023)


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What is Certive Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Certive Solutions's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $4.75 Mil. Certive Solutions's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $1.20 Mil. Certive Solutions's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $-1.06 Mil. Certive Solutions's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was -5.59.

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

CTVEF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -18.06   Med: -2.9   Max: -0.17
Current: -9.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Certive Solutions was -0.17. The lowest was -18.06. And the median was -2.90.

CTVEF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 419 companies
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry
Industry Median: 2.57 vs CTVEF: -9.75

Certive Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Certive Solutions'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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Certive Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Certive Solutions Annual Data
Trend May14 May15 May16 May17 May18 May19 May20 May21 May22 May23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -18.03 -6.23 -4.70 -3.53 -8.21

Certive Solutions Quarterly Data
Feb19 May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23
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 -6.05 -5.13 10.13 -6.99 -5.59

Competitive Comparison of Certive Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Health Information Services subindustry, Certive Solutions'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.


Certive Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Certive Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Certive Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Certive Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in May. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(4.71 + 1.167) / -0.716
=-8.21

Certive Solutions's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(4.748 + 1.2) / -1.064
=-5.59

* 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 (Nov. 2023) EBITDA data.


Certive Solutions  (OTCPK:CTVEF) 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.


Certive Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Certive Solutions (Certive Solutions) Business Description

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Address
8149 North 87th Place, Scottsdale, AZ, USA, 85258
Certive Solutions Inc is a service provider in the Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) segment of the United States healthcare industry. The company provides claims audit and recovery solutions. Along with its subsidiaries, the Titan and Omega divisions provide retrospective claim audits against payer contracts, identify underpayments, and rebill and collect revenues for hospital customers. Its lines of business include billing support, claim audit and recovery, consulting services and chargemaster/lost charge recovery. The Company currently provides services to hospital clients enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of lost charge recovery services, in revenue-sharing relationships that improve hospital clients' net operating results.

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