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SoundHound AI (SoundHound AI) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.91 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is SoundHound AI Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

SoundHound AI's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.88 Mil. SoundHound AI's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $87.61 Mil. SoundHound AI's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-99.35 Mil. SoundHound AI's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -0.91.

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

SOUN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.49   Med: -0.82   Max: -0.26
Current: -1.49

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of SoundHound AI was -0.26. The lowest was -1.49. And the median was -0.82.

SOUN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1605 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.06 vs SOUN: -1.49

SoundHound AI Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for SoundHound AI'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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SoundHound AI Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

SoundHound AI Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.26 -1.19 -0.44 -1.46

SoundHound AI Quarterly Data
Dec20 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 -0.40 -1.16 -1.77 -3.12 -0.91

Competitive Comparison of SoundHound AI's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, SoundHound AI'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.


SoundHound AI's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



SoundHound AI Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

SoundHound AI'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
=(2.758 + 87.401) / -61.794
=-1.46

SoundHound AI'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
=(2.884 + 87.608) / -99.348
=-0.91

* 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.


SoundHound AI  (NAS:SOUN) 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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SoundHound AI (SoundHound AI) Business Description

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Address
5400 Betsy Ross Drive, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
SoundHound AI Inc is an innovator of conversational intelligence, offering an independent Voice AI platform that enables businesses across industries to deliver high-quality conversational experiences to customers.
Executives
Timothy Stonehocker officer: Chief Technology Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Michael Zagorsek officer: Chief Operating Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Lawrence Marcus director 2105 WOODSIDE RD., WOODSIDE CA 94062
Nitesh Sharan officer: Chief Financial Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Keyvan Mohajer director, 10 percent owner, officer: CEO 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Majid Emami 10 percent owner, officer: VP, Engineering 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
James Ming Hom director, officer: VP, Products 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Diana Sroka director 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Eric R. Ball director C/O GLU MOBILE INC., 45 FREMONT STREET, SUITE 2800, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Global Catalyst Partners Iii L P 10 percent owner 6239 MOJAVE DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95120
Zubin Irani officer: Chief Revenue Officer 5400 BETSY ROSS DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Global Catalyst Venture Management Iii, Llc 10 percent owner 6239 MOJAVE DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95120
Stephen N Cannon director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer 13/F TOWER 2, NEW WORLD TOWER, 18 QUEENS ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG K3 K3 00000
Bryant B Edwards director 25/28 OLD BURLINGTON STREET, LONDON X0 W1S 3AN
Daniel L Sheehan officer: Chief Operating Officer 38 KEYES AVENUE SUITE 204, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129