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Sportech (LSE:SPO) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.26 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Sportech Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sportech's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £0.93 Mil. Sportech's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £5.62 Mil. Sportech's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £1.54 Mil. Sportech's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 4.26.

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

LSE:SPO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10.16   Med: 2.93   Max: 9
Current: 4.1

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sportech was 9.00. The lowest was -10.16. And the median was 2.93.

LSE:SPO's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Travel & Leisure industry.
Industry Median: 2.855 vs LSE:SPO: 4.10

Sportech Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Sportech Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -5.56 -1.19 4.18 9.00

Sportech Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 1.47 6.90 -325.23 4.44 4.26

Competitive Comparison of Sportech's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Gambling subindustry, Sportech'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.


Sportech's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sportech's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sportech Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sportech's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.155 + 6.2) / 0.817
=9.00

Sportech's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.927 + 5.62) / 1.536
=4.26

* 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 two times the quarterly (Jun. 2023) EBITDA data.


Sportech  (LSE:SPO) 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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Sportech (LSE:SPO) Business Description

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Collins House, Rutland Square, Midlothian, Edinburgh, GBR, EH1 2AA
Sportech PLC is a sports entertainment company and pool betting organization, focusing on regulated markets. The company has three business divisions including Sportech Digital which include the provision of pari-mutuel wagering services and systems principally to the horseracing industry; Sportech Venues include off-track betting venue management, and Corporate costs include central costs relating to Company in its capacity as the holding company of the Group. Majority of the revenue is generated from Sportech Venus division.

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