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Tecsys (TSX:TCS) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.25 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Tecsys Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Tecsys's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$0.8 Mil. Tecsys's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$1.5 Mil. Tecsys's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$9.2 Mil. Tecsys's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.25.

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

TSX:TCS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02   Med: 0.97   Max: 9.4
Current: 0.29

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Tecsys was 9.40. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.97.

TSX:TCS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
74.28% of 1598 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs TSX:TCS: 0.29

Tecsys Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Tecsys Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 9.40 2.40 1.23 1.41 0.36

Tecsys Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 0.56 0.33 0.23 1.14 0.25

Competitive Comparison of Tecsys's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Tecsys'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.


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

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

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



Tecsys Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Tecsys's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.793 + 2.12) / 7.993
=0.36

Tecsys's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.798 + 1.506) / 9.224
=0.25

* 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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Tecsys  (TSX:TCS) 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.


Tecsys Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Tecsys (TSX:TCS) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1 Place Alexis Nihon, Suite 800, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3Z 3B8
Tecsys Inc is engaged in the development and sale of enterprise supply chain management software for distribution, warehousing, transportation logistics, point-of-use and order management. It also provides related consulting, education and support services. The company serves healthcare systems, services parts, third-party logistics, retail and general wholesale distribution industries. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States and also has a presence in Canada and Other Countries. Its only operating segment is the development and marketing of enterprise-wide distribution software and related services.