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Sparta Commercial Services (Sparta Commercial Services) Debt-to-EBITDA : 384.60 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Sparta Commercial Services Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sparta Commercial Services's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $7.16 Mil. Sparta Commercial Services's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.53 Mil. Sparta Commercial Services's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.02 Mil. Sparta Commercial Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 384.60.

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 Sparta Commercial Services's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SRCO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.92   Med: -1.4   Max: 10.82
Current: -2.35

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sparta Commercial Services was 10.82. The lowest was -5.92. And the median was -1.40.

SRCO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1611 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.06 vs SRCO: -2.35

Sparta Commercial Services Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sparta Commercial Services'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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Sparta Commercial Services Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sparta Commercial Services Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.74 10.82 -3.55 -3.27 4.61

Sparta Commercial Services Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 -5.41 -0.60 -27.54 -8.95 384.60

Competitive Comparison of Sparta Commercial Services's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Sparta Commercial Services'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.


Sparta Commercial Services's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Sparta Commercial Services Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sparta Commercial Services's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6.75 + 0.436) / 1.558
=4.61

Sparta Commercial Services's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(7.163 + 0.529) / 0.02
=384.60

* 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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Sparta Commercial Services  (OTCPK:SRCO) 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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Sparta Commercial Services (Sparta Commercial Services) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
555 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10017
Sparta Commercial Services Inc through its subsidiaries offers technology products and services. The company develops, manages, and markets its business mobile applications for smartphones and tablets. Its mobile application offerings range from racetracks, private clubs, country clubs, restaurants, and grocery stores. The company serves small and medium-size businesses under the tradename iMobileApp. It generates maximum revenue from the application source.
Executives
Jeffrey Buchanan Bean director 325 COTTON AVENUE, MACON GA 31201
Anthony L Havens director, officer: CEO 555 FIFTH AVE., 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Sandra L Ahman director, officer: VP 555 FIFTH AVE, 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Kristian Srb director, 10 percent owner 555 FIFTH AVE., 14TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Richard P Trotter officer: COO 370 LEXINGTON AVE., SUITE 1901, NEW YORK NY 10017
Anthony William Adler officer: EVP 462 SEVENTH AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10018
Leo Long other: 8.85% OWNER 9109 LORIET BLVD., LENEXA KS 66219
Glenn Little other: 5% Owner 211 WEST WALL ST, MIDLAND TX 70701
Michael J Mele officer: Chief Financial Officer 462 SEVENTH AVE, 20TH FL., C/O SPARTA COMMERCIAL SERVICES, INC., NEW YORK NY 10018
Danny Lanjewar officer: Chief Financial Officer

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