GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Financial Services » Credit Services » Green Dot Corp (NYSE:GDOT) » Definitions » Debt-to-EBITDA

Green Dot (Green Dot) Debt-to-EBITDA : -3.28 (As of Dec. 2023)


View and export this data going back to 2010. Start your Free Trial

What is Green Dot Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Green Dot's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $64 Mil. Green Dot's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3 Mil. Green Dot's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-20 Mil. Green Dot's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -3.28.

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

GDOT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.1   Med: 0.41   Max: 1.44
Current: 0.65

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Green Dot was 1.44. The lowest was 0.10. And the median was 0.41.

GDOT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
88.08% of 260 companies
in the Credit Services industry
Industry Median: 7.735 vs GDOT: 0.65

Green Dot Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Green Dot'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.

* Premium members only.

Green Dot Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Green Dot 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 0.34 0.21 0.10 0.25 0.65

Green Dot 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 0.39 0.03 0.07 0.64 -3.28

Competitive Comparison of Green Dot's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Credit Services subindustry, Green Dot'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.


Green Dot's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Credit Services Industry

For the Credit Services industry and Financial Services sector, Green Dot's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Green Dot Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Green Dot'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
=(64.369 + 2.687) / 102.614
=0.65

Green Dot'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
=(64.369 + 2.687) / -20.424
=-3.28

* 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.


Green Dot  (NYSE:GDOT) 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.


Green Dot Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Green Dot's Debt-to-EBITDA provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Green Dot (Green Dot) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
114 West 7th Street, Suite 240, Austin, TX, USA, 78701
Green Dot Corp is a financial technology company that provides financial services for consumers in the United States without good banking options. Through its Account Services segment, the company offers GoBank mobile checking and Visa- or Mastercard-branded prepaid debit cards, both reloadable and non-reloadable. Green Dot also supplies private-label reloadable cards for Wal-Mart. Account services revenue is generated through monthly maintenance fees, ATM fees, new card fees, and interchange fees. The company's Processing and Settlement Services segment generates revenue through service fees on debit card reloads and tax refund processing. The tax refund processing business earns fees when customers of third-party tax preparers choose to pay the preparer's fee through Green Dot's service.
Executives
Michelleta Razon director 114 WEST 7TH STREET, SUITE 240, AUSTIN TX 78701
Starboard Value Gp Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value Lp 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Principal Co Lp 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Principal Co Gp Llc 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity S Llc other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity Master Fund Ltd other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity C Lp other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Jeffrey C Smith 10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2 201 E LAS OLAS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33301
Starboard Value R Lp other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard X Master Fund Ltd other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value L Lp other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value R Gp Llc other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity Master Fund L Lp other: See Footnote 2 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Christian Devin Ruppel officer: Chief Revenue Officer 114 W 7TH STREET,, SUITE 240, AUSTIN TX 78701