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Kakao Games (XKRX:293490) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.90 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kakao Games Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Kakao Games's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩488,932 Mil. Kakao Games's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩805,874 Mil. Kakao Games's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩-1,444,273 Mil. Kakao Games's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.90.

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

XKRX:293490' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -14.68   Med: 0.01   Max: 0.83
Current: -5.65

During the past 9 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kakao Games was 0.83. The lowest was -14.68. And the median was 0.01.

XKRX:293490's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 276 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.805 vs XKRX:293490: -5.65

Kakao Games Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kakao Games'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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Kakao Games Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kakao Games Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 0.74 0.59 0.83 -14.68 -5.65

Kakao Games Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 -0.98 9.25 6.39 6.92 -0.90

Competitive Comparison of Kakao Games's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Kakao Games'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.


Kakao Games's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Kakao Games's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kakao Games Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Kakao Games'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
=(488931.839 + 805873.743) / -229383.5
=-5.64

Kakao Games'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
=(488931.839 + 805873.743) / -1444273.332
=-0.90

* 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.


Kakao Games  (XKRX:293490) 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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Kakao Games (XKRX:293490) Business Description

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152, Pangyoyeok-ro 152, Bundang-gu, Alpha Dome Tower 14th Floor, Gyeonggi-do, Seongnam-si, KOR, 13529
Kakao Games Corp is engaged in the business of developing and publishing Mobile and PC games.

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