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Ubisoft Entertainment (STU:UEN) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.21 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Ubisoft Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Ubisoft Entertainment's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was €667 Mil. Ubisoft Entertainment's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was €1,822 Mil. Ubisoft Entertainment's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was €591 Mil. Ubisoft Entertainment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 4.21.

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

STU:UEN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.68   Med: 1.73   Max: 4.73
Current: 4.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ubisoft Entertainment was 4.73. The lowest was 0.68. And the median was 1.73.

STU:UEN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
84.31% of 274 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.77 vs STU:UEN: 4.08

Ubisoft Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ubisoft Entertainment'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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Ubisoft Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Ubisoft Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.78 2.55 2.29 3.13 4.73

Ubisoft Entertainment Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 5.26 2.22 5.36 3.91 4.21

Competitive Comparison of Ubisoft Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Ubisoft Entertainment'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.


Ubisoft Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

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

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



Ubisoft Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Ubisoft Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(136.7 + 2325.3) / 520.1
=4.73

Ubisoft Entertainment'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
=(666.7 + 1822.4) / 591
=4.21

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Ubisoft Entertainment  (STU:UEN) 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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Ubisoft Entertainment (STU:UEN) Business Description

Address
2, Avenue Pasteur, Saint-Mande, FRA, 94160
Founded in 1986 in France by five brothers of the Guillemot family, Ubisoft is one of the largest independent video game publishers. Ubisoft employs a deep pool of developers at studios across the globe. The firm owns a number of well-known franchises, including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon, Rayman, Trials, and Just Dance. The Guillemot family and Tencent collectively own roughly 20% of Ubisoft shares, with the family holding over 20% and Tencent roughly 4% of the voting rights.

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