Guardforce AI Co (Guardforce AI Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.25 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Guardforce AI Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Guardforce AI Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4.92 Mil. Guardforce AI Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.72 Mil. Guardforce AI Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-27.04 Mil. Guardforce AI Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 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 Guardforce AI Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

GFAI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -105.34 Med: -0.29 Max: 8.83
Current: -0.29

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Guardforce AI Co was 8.83. The lowest was -105.34. And the median was -0.29.

GFAI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 830 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.87 vs GFAI: -0.29

Guardforce AI Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Guardforce AI Co's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Guardforce AI Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Guardforce AI Co Annual Data

Trend

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

4.42

8.83

-105.34

-2.49

-0.29

Guardforce AI Co Semi-Annual Data
	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				-7.77	-3.20	-1.81	-1.26	-0.25

Competitive Comparison of Guardforce AI Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Guardforce AI Co'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.

Guardforce AI Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Guardforce AI Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Guardforce AI Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Guardforce AI Co'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
	=	(4.92	+	1.719)	/	-23.293
	=	-0.29

Guardforce AI Co'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
	=	(4.92	+	1.719)	/	-27.042
	=	-0.25

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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

Guardforce AI Co (NAS:GFAI) 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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Guardforce AI Co (Guardforce AI Co) Business Description

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Address

10 Anson Road, No. 28-01, International Plaza, Singapore, SGP, 079903

Website

https://www.guardforceai.com

Guardforce AI Co Ltd is a provider of cash solutions and cash handling services located in Thailand. The company engages in the cash logistics business, and its services include cash-in-transit, or CIT, dedicated vehicles to banks, ATM management, cash center operations, cash processing, coin processing, cheque center, and cash deposit machine solutions (cash deposit management and express cash service). Its customers include local commercial banks, chain retailers, coin-manufacturing mints, and government authorities.