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Precise Biometrics AB (OSTO:PREC) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.00 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Precise Biometrics AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Precise Biometrics AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr0.00 Mil. Precise Biometrics AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr22.61 Mil. Precise Biometrics AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr-11.31 Mil. Precise Biometrics AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -2.00.

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 Precise Biometrics AB's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

OSTO:PREC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.07   Med: -1.08   Max: 2.47
Current: -1.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Precise Biometrics AB was 2.47. The lowest was -6.07. And the median was -1.08.

OSTO:PREC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 833 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.9 vs OSTO:PREC: -1.47

Precise Biometrics AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Precise Biometrics AB'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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Precise Biometrics AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Precise Biometrics AB 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 2.47 -1.08 -0.58 -6.07 -4.61

Precise Biometrics AB 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 -0.92 -10.84 -0.83 -0.24 -2.00

Competitive Comparison of Precise Biometrics AB's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Precise Biometrics AB'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.


Precise Biometrics AB's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



Precise Biometrics AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Precise Biometrics AB'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
=(2.364 + 2.157) / -0.98
=-4.61

Precise Biometrics AB'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
=(0 + 22.614) / -11.308
=-2.00

* 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.


Precise Biometrics AB  (OSTO:PREC) 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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Precise Biometrics AB (OSTO:PREC) Business Description

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Precise Biometrics AB, Scheelevagen 27, Lund, SWE, SE-223 63
Precise Biometrics AB is engaged in the business of developing and selling fingerprint software for the authentication of people's identity in mobile phones, smart cards, and products with small fingerprint sensors. The firm also develops and sells mobile smart card readers for smartphones and tablets. Its products and services include precise bio match mobile, sensor vulnerability test, and fingerprint data collection. Overall it focuses on the areas of Capacitive sensors for mobile phones, In-display sensors for mobile phones in the upper price segment, Smart cards, and New applications. The company operates in Europe, Asia, and the United States, out of which the majority of revenue comes from Asia.

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