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Sparta Capital (TSXV:SAY) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.54 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sparta Capital Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sparta Capital's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$2.75 Mil. Sparta Capital's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.58 Mil. Sparta Capital's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$2.16 Mil. Sparta Capital's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.54.

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

TSXV:SAY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -128.27   Med: -2.06   Max: 4.58
Current: 4.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sparta Capital was 4.58. The lowest was -128.27. And the median was -2.06.

TSXV:SAY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
77.44% of 2296 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.75 vs TSXV:SAY: 4.58

Sparta Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Sparta Capital Annual Data
Trend Sep13 Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -4.08 -3.86 -18.88 -128.27 -3.36

Sparta Capital Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.83 4.09 2.28 -5.67 1.54

Competitive Comparison of Sparta Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Pollution & Treatment Controls subindustry, Sparta Capital'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 Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Sparta Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sparta Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sparta Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.62 + 0.466) / -0.919
=-3.36

Sparta Capital'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
=(2.753 + 0.577) / 2.164
=1.54

* 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.


Sparta Capital  (TSXV:SAY) 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 Capital (TSXV:SAY) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
390 Bay Street, Suite 1200, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5H 2Y2
Sparta Capital Ltd is a Canada-based company focused on product development, manufacturing, distribution, sales, and service across a range of complementary products. The company's business segments include Illumineris; Re-Eco and Sparta. It generates maximum revenue from the Re-Eco Electronic segment.

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