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Open Text (TSX:OTEX) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.70 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Open Text Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Open Text's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$160 Mil. Open Text's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$9,390 Mil. Open Text's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$2,032 Mil. Open Text's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 4.70.

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

TSX:OTEX' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.48   Med: 3.35   Max: 7.33
Current: 3.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Open Text was 7.33. The lowest was 2.48. And the median was 3.35.

TSX:OTEX's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
78.17% of 1690 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.11 vs TSX:OTEX: 3.39

Open Text Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Open Text'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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Open Text Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Open Text Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.40 2.92 3.78 7.33 3.18

Open Text Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 5.03 2.13 4.82 3.10 4.70

Competitive Comparison of Open Text's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Open Text'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.


Open Text's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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


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Open Text Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Open Text's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(153.902 + 9011.198) / 2881.527
=3.18

Open Text's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(159.909 + 9389.95) / 2031.536
=4.70

* 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 (Mar. 2025) EBITDA data.


Open Text  (TSX:OTEX) 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.


Open Text Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Open Text Business Description

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Address
275 Frank Tompa Drive, Waterloo, ON, CAN, N2L 0A1
Open Text Corp is engaged in the design, development, marketing, and sale of Information Management software and solutions. Its software allows clients to archive, aggregate, retrieve, and search unstructured information (such as documents, e-mail, and presentations). Its platform and services provide secure and scalable solutions for enterprises, SMBs, governments, and consumers around the world. The company's solutions are marketed and delivered on the OpenText Cloud Platform, which is a comprehensive Information Management platform consisting of six business clouds; Content Cloud, Cybersecurity Cloud, Application Automation Cloud, Business Network Cloud, IT Operations Management Cloud, and Analytics Cloud. Geographically, it derives maximum revenue from the United States.
Executives
Deborah Weinstein Director
Brian Paul Sweeney Senior Officer
Richard Paul Rodgers Senior Officer
Madhu Ranganathan Senior Officer
Mark James Barrenechea Director, Senior Officer
Michael William George Slaunwhite Director
James Prentiss Donohue Senior Officer
Paul Michael Duggan Senior Officer
Simon David Harrison Senior Officer
Muhieddine Majzoub Senior Officer
Christopher James Mcgourlay Senior Officer
Douglas Michael Parker Senior Officer
Michael Fernando Acedo Senior Officer
Cosmin Razvan Balota Senior Officer
David Fraser Director