World Chess (LSE:CHSS) Debt-to-EBITDA : N/A (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is World Chess Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

World Chess's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.13 Mil. World Chess's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £1.12 Mil. World Chess's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.00 Mil.

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

LSE:CHSS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.36 Med: -0.25 Max: 5.57
Current: -0.47

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of World Chess was 5.57. The lowest was -1.36. And the median was -0.25.

LSE:CHSS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1606 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.06 vs LSE:CHSS: -0.47

World Chess Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for World Chess's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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World Chess Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

World Chess Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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5.57

-0.73

0.22

-1.36

-0.40

World Chess Semi-Annual Data
	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				0.40	-1.44	-0.96	-0.45	N/A

Competitive Comparison of World Chess's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, World Chess'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.

World Chess's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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

World Chess Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

World Chess'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
	=	(0.128	+	1.123)	/	-3.133
	=	-0.40

World Chess'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
	=	(0.128	+	1.123)	/	0
	=	N/A

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.

World Chess (LSE:CHSS) 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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World Chess PLC is the holding company of a group promoting the mass market appeal of chess globally through the commercial offering of chess-related activities. The activities of the company include the organization of top-level tournaments, operation of the official online gaming platform of the International Chess Federation and other sports, lifestyle and social activities, and merchandise related to chess.

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