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Towerstream (Towerstream) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 21.24 (As of Dec. 2018)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Towerstream's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $39.04 Mil. Towerstream's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $0.30 Mil. Towerstream's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $1.85 Mil. Towerstream's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 21.24.

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

TWER's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Telecommunication Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.21
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Towerstream Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Towerstream'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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Towerstream Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 85.58 -11.86 -15.04 -56.01 13.95

Towerstream Quarterly Data
Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -15.16 29.48 7.53 10.82 21.24

Competitive Comparison

For the Telecom Services subindustry, Towerstream'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.


Towerstream Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Telecommunication Services industry and Communication Services sector, Towerstream's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Towerstream Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Towerstream's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(39.041 + 0.296) / 2.82
=13.95

Towerstream's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(39.041 + 0.296) / 1.852
=21.24

* 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 (Dec. 2018) EBITDA data.


Towerstream  (OTCPK:TWER) 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.


Towerstream Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Towerstream (Towerstream) Business Description

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Address
76 Hammarlund Way, Middletown, RI, USA, 02842
Towerstream Corp is a US-based company providing fixed wireless services. The company operates through the Fixed Wireless Services business segment. Its fixed wireless service provides bandwidth on demand, wireless redundancy, virtual private networks, disaster recovery, bundled data and video services. The company installs receivers and antennas on rooftops to establish a wireless connection between the customer Location to one or more of its points of presence.
Executives
William John Bush director 539 BRYANT STREET, SUITE 403, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Paul Koehler director C/O TOWERSTREAM CORPORATION, 55 HAMMARLUND WAY, MIDDLETOWN RI 02842
Don Macneil director 311 BROADWAY, POINT PLEASANT BEACH NJ 08742
Ernest Ortega officer: Chief Executive Officer 18934 CANOE LANDING COURT, LEESBURG VA 20176
Jeffrey M Thompson director, officer: President and CEO 5 SHELL CASTLE CLUB, PALMAS DEL MAR PR 00791
Joseph P Hernon officer: Chief Financial Officer 1607 PONCE DE LEON AVENUE, SUITE 407, SAN JUAN PR 00909
Kilguss George E Iii officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O VERISIGN, INC., 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190

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