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First Light Acquisition Group (First Light Acquisition Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.09 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is First Light Acquisition Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

First Light Acquisition Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $1.49 Mil. First Light Acquisition Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $0.00 Mil. First Light Acquisition Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was $-16.70 Mil. First Light Acquisition Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was -0.09.

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 First Light Acquisition Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FLAG.U' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.26   Med: -0.26   Max: -0.15
Current: -0.15

During the past 2 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of First Light Acquisition Group was -0.15. The lowest was -0.26. And the median was -0.26.

FLAG.U's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Diversified Financial Services industry.
Industry Median: 3.965 vs FLAG.U: -0.15

First Light Acquisition Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for First Light Acquisition Group'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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First Light Acquisition Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

First Light Acquisition Group Annual Data
Trend Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
N/A -0.26

First Light Acquisition Group Quarterly Data
Apr21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only - -0.11 -0.11 -0.18 -0.09

Competitive Comparison of First Light Acquisition Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Shell Companies subindustry, First Light Acquisition Group'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.


First Light Acquisition Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Diversified Financial Services Industry

For the Diversified Financial Services industry and Financial Services sector, First Light Acquisition Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where First Light Acquisition Group's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



First Light Acquisition Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

First Light Acquisition Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.225 + 0) / -4.67
=-0.26

First Light Acquisition Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.49 + 0) / -16.696
=-0.09

* 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 (Jun. 2023) EBITDA data.


First Light Acquisition Group  (AMEX:FLAG.U) 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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First Light Acquisition Group (First Light Acquisition Group) Business Description

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Address
11110 Sunset Hills Road, Suite No. 2278, Reston, VA, USA, 20190
First Light Acquisition Group Inc is a is a blank check company. It is formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses.

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