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Energous (Energous) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.05 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Energous Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Energous's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.68 Mil. Energous's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.37 Mil. Energous's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-20.22 Mil. Energous's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -0.05.

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

WATT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.08   Med: -0.06   Max: -0.02
Current: -0.05

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Energous was -0.02. The lowest was -0.08. And the median was -0.06.

WATT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1736 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.82 vs WATT: -0.05

Energous Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Energous'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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Energous Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Energous 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 -0.06 -0.05 -0.02 -0.08 -0.06

Energous 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 -0.07 -0.07 -0.08 -0.07 -0.05

Competitive Comparison of Energous's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Energous'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.


Energous's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Energous Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Energous'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
=(0.707 + 0.557) / -21.553
=-0.06

Energous'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
=(0.684 + 0.369) / -20.216
=-0.05

* 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.


Energous  (NAS:WATT) 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.


Energous Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Energous (Energous) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3590 North First Street, Suite 210, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134
Energous Corp is a development stage technology company. It is developing a technology named WattUp, which will enable RF (radio frequency) based wire free charging for electronic devices. The firm believes that its technology will be utilized in the internet of things devices, smartphones, tablets, e-book readers, keyboards, mice, remote controls, rechargeable lights, cylindrical batteries and other devices with similar charging requirements. Its business strategy is to become a supplier and licensor of its technology to companies who design, manufacture and market devices to consumers, military, industrial and other users.
Executives
Cesar Johnston officer: Senior VP, Engineering 303 RAY STREET, PLEASANTON CA 94566
William T Mannina officer: Acting CFO (Interim) 2300 ORCHARD PARKWAY, C/O SYMMETRICOM, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Sheryl Wilkerson director C/O ENERGOUS CORPORATION, 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Rahul G. Patel director C/O ENERGOUS CORPORATION, 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET STE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
J Michael Dodson director 1220 N. SIMON CIRCLE, ANAHEIM CA 92806
David Earle Roberson director
Neeraj Sahejpal officer: Senior VP, Product Marketing C/O ENERGOUS CORPORATION, 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Brian J Sereda officer: Vice President & CFO 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Kathleen A Bayless director 1251 MCKAY DRIVE, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Daniel W Fairfax director 1421 MCCARTHY BLVD., MILPITAS CA 95035
Reynette K. Au director C/O ENERGOUS CORPORATION, 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET STE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Michael Noonen director C/O 8X8 INC, 2445 MISSION COLLEGE BLVD, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Nicolaos G. Alexopoulos director 3590 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 210, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Stephen R Rizzone director, officer: CEO and President METVANTAGE INC, 201 CONTINENETAL BLVD SUITE 201, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
John Gaulding director C/O MONSTER WORLDWIDE INC, 622 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10017