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Skillz (Skillz) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -1.11 (As of Sep. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Skillz's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $2.4 Mil. Skillz's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $134.4 Mil. Skillz's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $-123.1 Mil. Skillz's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was -1.11.

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

SKLZ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.53   Med: -0.73   Max: -0.47
Current: -0.62

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Skillz was -0.47. The lowest was -1.53. And the median was -0.73.

SKLZ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 271 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.85 vs SKLZ: -0.62

Skillz Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Skillz'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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Skillz Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
- -0.47 - -1.53 -0.73

Skillz Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 -0.99 -0.52 -2.30 -1.76 -1.11

Competitive Comparison

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Skillz'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.


Skillz Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Skillz Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Skillz'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
=(3.658 + 284.723) / -397.357
=-0.73

Skillz'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
=(2.359 + 134.409) / -123.084
=-1.11

* 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.


Skillz  (NYSE:SKLZ) 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.


Skillz Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Skillz (Skillz) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
P.O. Box 445, San francisco, CA, USA, 94104
Skillz Inc is a mobile game development company. It is engaged in re-inventing competitive mobile gaming and thereby expanding the mobile gaming market.
Executives
Jason Roswig officer: President & CFO PO BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Andrew Paradise director, officer: Chief Executive Officer SKILLZ INC., C/O CHARLOTTE EDELMAN, P.O. BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-0445
Andrew Dahlinghaus officer: General Counsel P.O. BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Kevin Chessen director 1061 MARKET STREET, 6TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Elly Ryu officer: Controller/Head of Accounting 245 FIRST STREET, SUITE 1800, CAMBRIDGE MA 02142
Alvin Lobo officer: Chief Financial Officer P.O. BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Alexander Mandel director 1061 MARKET STREET, 6TH FLOOR, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103
Stanley Mbugua officer: Chief Accounting Officer SKILLZ INC, PO BOX 455, SAN FRAN CA 94104
Seth Schorr director PO BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Henry M. Hoffman director PO BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Shari Glazer director PO BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104
Harry Sloan director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO, Chairman 1450 2ND STREET, SUITE 247, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Jerome Leon Bruckheimer director PHILPOTT MEEKS, 10030 VENTURA BOULEVARD, SUITE 380, ENCINO CA 91436
Christopher S Gaffney director C/O GREAT HILL PARTNERS, L.P., 200 CLARENDON STREET, 29TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Casey Chafkin director, officer: Chief Revenue Officer SKILLZ INC., C/O CHARLOTTE EDELMAN, P.O. BOX 445, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94104-0445