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Micro Focus International (Micro Focus International) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.85 (As of Apr. 2022)


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What is Micro Focus International Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Micro Focus International's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2022 was $87 Mil. Micro Focus International's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2022 was $4,159 Mil. Micro Focus International's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2022 was $1,104 Mil. Micro Focus International's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2022 was 3.85.

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 Micro Focus International's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

MCFYY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.5   Med: 2.45   Max: 6.58
Current: 4.83

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Micro Focus International was 6.58. The lowest was -2.50. And the median was 2.45.

MCFYY's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 1.06 vs MCFYY: 4.83

Micro Focus International Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Micro Focus International'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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Micro Focus International Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Micro Focus International Annual Data
Trend Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.90 3.38 4.80 -2.50 6.58

Micro Focus International Semi-Annual Data
Apr12 Oct12 Apr13 Oct13 Apr14 Oct14 Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22
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 -5.08 -1.68 6.43 6.85 3.85

Competitive Comparison of Micro Focus International's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Micro Focus International'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.


Micro Focus International's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Micro Focus International's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Micro Focus International Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Micro Focus International's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(99.2 + 4643.7) / 720.7
=6.58

Micro Focus International's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(87.2 + 4159.2) / 1103.6
=3.85

* 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 two times the quarterly (Apr. 2022) EBITDA data.


Micro Focus International  (OTCPK:MCFYY) 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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Micro Focus International (Micro Focus International) Business Description

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22-30 Old Bath Road, The Lawn, Newbury, Berkshire, GBR, RG14 1QN
Micro Focus International is an enterprise software company supporting the technology needs and challenges. Its solutions help organizations leverage existing IT investments, enterprise applications and emerging technologies to address complex, rapidly evolving business requirements while protecting corporate information at all times. Its product portfolios are Security, IT Operations Management, Application Delivery Management, Information Management and Governance and Application Modernization and Connectivity.