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Sylogist (TSX:SYZ) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.28 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sylogist Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sylogist's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$17.50 Mil. Sylogist's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.24 Mil. Sylogist's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$13.89 Mil. Sylogist's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.28.

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

TSX:SYZ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.07   Med: 1.3   Max: 1.43
Current: 1.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sylogist was 1.43. The lowest was 0.07. And the median was 1.30.

TSX:SYZ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
54.97% of 1599 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs TSX:SYZ: 1.30

Sylogist Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sylogist'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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Sylogist Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sylogist Annual Data
Trend Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 0.07 1.43 1.30

Sylogist Quarterly Data
Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 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 1.61 1.67 1.77 1.18 1.28

Competitive Comparison of Sylogist's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sylogist'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.


Sylogist's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Sylogist Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sylogist'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
=(17.499 + 0.243) / 13.616
=1.30

Sylogist'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
=(17.499 + 0.243) / 13.892
=1.28

* 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.


Sylogist  (TSX:SYZ) 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.


Sylogist Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Sylogist (TSX:SYZ) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 Richard Way S.W., Suite 102, Calgary, AB, CAN, T3E 7M8
Sylogist Ltd is a software company that provides Enterprise Resource Planning solutions, including fund accounting, grant management, and payroll to public service organizations. The only segment is Public Sector. Its solutions include Serenic Navigator for K-12 Education, Serenic Navigator for Nonprofit Organizations, NaviPayroll, NaviTrak, NaviView, NaviNet, NaviBridge, and others. It receives maximum revenue in the form of cloud subscriptions. Geographically, the company offers its services to the United States of America, Canada, and the United Kingdom region. The majority of the revenue comes from the United States of America.
Executives
Errol Olsen Director

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