SenseTime Group (HKSE:00020) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.75 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is SenseTime Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

SenseTime Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$373 Mil. SenseTime Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$4,839 Mil. SenseTime Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was HK$-6,911 Mil. SenseTime Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.75.

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

HKSE:00020' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.93 Med: -0.68 Max: -0.04
Current: -0.75

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of SenseTime Group was -0.04. The lowest was -0.93. And the median was -0.68.

HKSE:00020's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1616 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.06 vs HKSE:00020: -0.75

SenseTime Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for SenseTime Group's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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SenseTime Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

SenseTime Group Annual Data

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Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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-0.84

-0.12

-0.04

-0.66

-0.93

SenseTime Group Semi-Annual Data
	Dec18	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial					-0.03	-0.22	-0.59	-0.65	-0.75

Competitive Comparison of SenseTime Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, SenseTime Group'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.

SenseTime Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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

SenseTime Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

SenseTime Group'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
	=	(372.803	+	4838.852)	/	-5586.56
	=	-0.93

SenseTime Group'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
	=	(372.803	+	4838.852)	/	-6910.556
	=	-0.75

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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

SenseTime Group (HKSE:00020) 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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No. 1900 Hongmei Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, CHN, 200233

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SenseTime Group Inc is a software company focused on creating an AI-empowered future through innovation. The Company develops software & hardware products for different industry verticals and use cases based on the same AI infrastructure platform & model training framework. The principal activities of the Group are the sale of advanced AI software, the sale of AI software platform & related services, the sale of AI software-embedded hardware and related services, AIDC service as well as research and development activities in relation to AI technologyThe Company is domiciled in the Cayman Islands while the Group mainly operates its businesses in four geographical areas of the world Mainland China, Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, and others, out of which the majority is from Mainland China.

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