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Knightscope (Knightscope) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.31 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Knightscope Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Knightscope's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.73 Mil. Knightscope's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.95 Mil. Knightscope's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-8.66 Mil. Knightscope's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.31.

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

KSCP' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.77   Med: -0.4   Max: -0.14
Current: -0.18

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Knightscope was -0.14. The lowest was -0.77. And the median was -0.40.

KSCP's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 830 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.87 vs KSCP: -0.18

Knightscope Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Knightscope Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.77 -0.40 -0.22 -0.73 -0.14

Knightscope Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 0.37 -1.26 -0.11 -0.08 -0.31

Competitive Comparison of Knightscope's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Knightscope'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.


Knightscope's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



Knightscope Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Knightscope'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
=(0.733 + 1.953) / -19.203
=-0.14

Knightscope'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
=(0.733 + 1.953) / -8.656
=-0.31

* 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.


Knightscope  (NAS:KSCP) 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.


Knightscope Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Knightscope (Knightscope) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1070 Terra Bella Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA, 94043
Knightscope Inc is an advanced security technology company based in Silicon Valley. It designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and supports Autonomous Security Robots (ASRs) with real-time on-site data collection and analysis and a proprietary interface for both indoor and outdoor usage. In addition, it developed and operate the Knightscope Security Operations Center (KSOC) which allows real-time data access, a service accessible to all its clients.
Executives
Aaron J Lehnhardt officer: Chief Design Officer C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Suzanne Muchin director C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Mallorie Sara Burak officer: CFO C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Kristi Ross director C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Peter M Weinberg officer: General Counsel C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Patricia L Watkins director C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Stacy Dean Stephens officer: Chief Client Officer C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Mercedes Soria officer: Chief Intelligence Officer C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Linda K Solomon director C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Li William Santana director, officer: Chairman and CEO C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Patricia Howell director C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Hernandez Fentanez Jackeline V director C/O KNIGHTSCOPE, INC., 1070 TERRA BELLA AVENUE, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043