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Lightwave Logic (Lightwave Logic) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.15 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lightwave Logic Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Lightwave Logic's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.14 Mil. Lightwave Logic's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.77 Mil. Lightwave Logic's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-19.88 Mil. Lightwave Logic's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.15.

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

LWLG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.19   Med: -0.15   Max: -0.02
Current: -0.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lightwave Logic was -0.02. The lowest was -0.19. And the median was -0.15.

LWLG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1214 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.265 vs LWLG: -0.15

Lightwave Logic Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lightwave Logic'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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Lightwave Logic Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Lightwave Logic 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 -0.15 -0.19 -0.03 -0.02 -0.15

Lightwave Logic 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 -0.02 -0.02 -0.15 -0.15 -0.15

Competitive Comparison of Lightwave Logic's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Lightwave Logic'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.


Lightwave Logic's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Lightwave Logic's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lightwave Logic Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Lightwave Logic'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
=(0.144 + 2.767) / -19.921
=-0.15

Lightwave Logic'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
=(0.144 + 2.767) / -19.884
=-0.15

* 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.


Lightwave Logic  (NAS:LWLG) 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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Lightwave Logic (Lightwave Logic) Business Description

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Address
369 Inverness Parkway, Suite 350, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112
Lightwave Logic Inc is a United States-based development stage company moving toward commercialization of next-generation electro-optic photonic devices made on its P2IC technology platform which uses in-house proprietary high-activity and high-stability organic polymers. Electro-optical devices convert data from electric signals into optical signals for multiple applications. It designs and synthesizes organic chromophores for use in its own proprietary electro-optic polymer systems and photonic device designs.
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Louis Charles Glasgow officer: Chief Technology Officer 1693 YARDLEY DRIVE, WEST CHESTER PA 19380
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Goetz Frederick J Jr director, 10 percent owner, officer: President 121 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, SUITE 110, NEWARK DE 19713
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