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Palantir Technologies (WBO:PLTR) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.50 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Palantir Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Palantir Technologies's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €50 Mil. Palantir Technologies's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €161 Mil. Palantir Technologies's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €419 Mil. Palantir Technologies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.50.

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

WBO:PLTR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.75   Med: -0.55   Max: 0.84
Current: 0.84

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Palantir Technologies was 0.84. The lowest was -0.75. And the median was -0.55.

WBO:PLTR's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
54.71% of 1594 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.05 vs WBO:PLTR: 0.84

Palantir Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Palantir Technologies'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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Palantir Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Palantir Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.72 -0.40 -0.55 -0.75 0.84

Palantir Technologies Quarterly Data
Dec18 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 1.33 2.13 1.55 0.66 0.50

Competitive Comparison of Palantir Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Palantir Technologies'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.


Palantir Technologies's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Palantir Technologies Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Palantir Technologies'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
=(49.679 + 160.673) / 251.18
=0.84

Palantir Technologies'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
=(49.679 + 160.673) / 419.456
=0.50

* 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.


Palantir Technologies  (WBO:PLTR) 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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Palantir Technologies (WBO:PLTR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1200 17th Street, Floor 15, Denver, CO, USA, 80202
Palantir is an analytical software company that focuses on leveraging data to create efficiencies in its clients' organizations. The firm serves commercial and government clients via its Foundry and Gotham platforms, respectively. The Denver-based company was founded in 2003 and went public in 2020.