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Spero Therapeutics (Spero Therapeutics) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.03 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Spero Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Spero Therapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.72 Mil. Spero Therapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3.83 Mil. Spero Therapeutics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $206.46 Mil. Spero Therapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.03.

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

SPRO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.16   Med: -0.09   Max: 0.22
Current: 0.22

During the past 9 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Spero Therapeutics was 0.22. The lowest was -0.16. And the median was -0.09.

SPRO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
77.26% of 277 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.36 vs SPRO: 0.22

Spero Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spero Therapeutics'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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Spero Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Spero Therapeutics Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -0.09 -0.10 -0.08 -0.16 0.22

Spero Therapeutics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 0.06 -0.12 -0.13 -1.65 0.03

Competitive Comparison of Spero Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Spero Therapeutics'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.


Spero Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Spero Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Spero Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Spero Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.718 + 3.825) / 25.771
=0.22

Spero Therapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.718 + 3.825) / 206.464
=0.03

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Spero Therapeutics  (NAS:SPRO) 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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Spero Therapeutics (Spero Therapeutics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
675 Massachusetts Avenue, 14th Floor, Cambridge, MA, USA, 02139
Spero Therapeutics Inc is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm. It focuses on identifying, developing and commercializing novel treatments for MDR (Multi-drug-resistant) bacterial infections and rare diseases. The company's product candidate, tebipenem pivoxil hydrobromide or tebipenem HBr, is designed to be an oral carbapenem-class antibiotic for use in adults to treat MDR Gram-negative infections. It is also developing SPR720, a novel oral antibiotic designed for the treatment of a rare, orphan disease caused by pulmonary non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections, or NTM disease. Besides, it is also focused on SPR206, a next-generation polymyxin investigational product candidate, being developed as an IV-administered medicine to treat MDR Gram-negative infections in the hospital.
Executives
Kamal Hamed officer: Chief Medical Officer 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Sath Shukla officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ZIOPHARM ONCOLOGY, INC., ONE FIRST AVENUE, PARRIS BUILDING #34, BOSTON MA 02129
Timothy Keutzer officer: Chief Development Officer C/O SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Ankit Mahadevia director, officer: See Remarks C/O SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVE., 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Tamara L Joseph officer: Chief Legal Officer 32 GARRISON STREET, APT 50-103, BOSTON MA 02116
Aquilo Capital Management, Llc 10 percent owner ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, SUITE D4900, BUILDING D, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Kathleen Tregoning director C/O CEREVEL THERAPEUTICS HOLDINGS, INC., 131 DARTMOUTH STREET SUITE 502, BOSTON MA 02116
Cristina Larkin officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Aquilo Capital, L.p. 10 percent owner ONE LETTERMAN DRIVE, SUITE D4900, BUILDING D, THE PRESIDIO, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129
Scott Thomas Jackson director 303B COLLEGE ROAD EAST, PRINCETON NJ 08540
Stephen J. Dipalma officer: Interim CFO C/O SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139
Cynthia Smith director 508 WRANGLER DRIVE, SUITE 100, COPPELL TX 75019
Pottage John C Jr director ACHILLION PHARMACEUTICALS, 300 GEORGE STREET, NEW HAVEN CT 06511
Plc Glaxosmithkline 10 percent owner 980 GREAT WEST ROAD, BRENTFORD MIDDLESEX X0 TW8 9GS
Joel Sendek officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O SPERO THERAPEUTICS, INC., 675 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, 14TH FLOOR, CAMBRIDGE MA 02139