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Kane Biotech (TSXV:KNE) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.05 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Kane Biotech Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Kane Biotech's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$7.13 Mil. Kane Biotech's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$2.07 Mil. Kane Biotech's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was C$-4.49 Mil. Kane Biotech's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -2.05.

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

TSXV:KNE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.98   Med: -0.31   Max: -0.16
Current: -2.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kane Biotech was -0.16. The lowest was -2.98. And the median was -0.31.

TSXV:KNE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 276 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.31 vs TSXV:KNE: -2.74

Kane Biotech Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kane Biotech'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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Kane Biotech Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kane Biotech Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.22 -0.62 -1.11 -2.33 -2.98

Kane Biotech Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -2.43 - -2.08 -3.92 -2.05

Competitive Comparison of Kane Biotech's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Kane Biotech'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.


Kane Biotech's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Kane Biotech's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kane Biotech Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Kane Biotech'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
=(7.076 + 2.175) / -3.109
=-2.98

Kane Biotech's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(7.132 + 2.065) / -4.488
=-2.05

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Kane Biotech  (TSXV:KNE) 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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Kane Biotech (TSXV:KNE) Business Description

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Address
290-100 Innovation Drive, Winnipeg, MB, CAN, R3T 6G2
Kane Biotech Inc is a biotechnology company engaged in the research, development and commercialization of technologies and products that prevent and remove microbial biofilms. The company has a portfolio of biotechnologies, intellectual property and products developed by its own biofilm research expertise and acquired from research institutions. The Company has a separate operating segment for its Stem Animal Health subsidiary, which operates the animal health business. StrixNB, DispersinB, Aledex, bluestem, bluestem, silkstem, goldstem, coactiv+, DermaKB and DermaKB Biofilm are trademarks of the company. The firm is also engaged in the animal health business through its Stem Animal Health subsidiary.
Executives
Philip Renaud Director

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