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AEye (LIDR) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.24 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is AEye Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

AEye's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.42 Mil. AEye's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $14.86 Mil. AEye's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-71.86 Mil. AEye's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.24.

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

LIDR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.43   Med: -0.29   Max: -0.23
Current: -0.23

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of AEye was -0.23. The lowest was -1.43. And the median was -0.29.

LIDR's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1598 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs LIDR: -0.23

AEye Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

AEye Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
-1.43 - -0.29 -0.23

AEye Quarterly Data
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 -0.30 -0.21 -0.28 -0.23 -0.24

Competitive Comparison of AEye's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, AEye'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.


AEye's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



AEye Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

AEye'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
=(2.415 + 14.858) / -76.276
=-0.23

AEye'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
=(2.415 + 14.858) / -71.856
=-0.24

* 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.


AEye  (NAS:LIDR) 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.


AEye Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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AEye (LIDR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
One Park Place, Suite 200, Dublin, CA, USA, 94568
AEye Inc is a provider of high-performance, active lidar systems for vehicle autonomy, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), and robotic vision applications. The company's software-definable 4Sight Intelligent Sensing Platform combines solid-state active lidar, an optionally fused low-light HD camera, and integrated deterministic artificial intelligence to capture more intelligent information with less data, enabling faster, more accurate, and more reliable perception of the surroundings. All of the Company's sales were made to customers located in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
Executives
Luis Dussan director, 10 percent owner, officer: CTO and Chief Prdct Strategist C/O 1 PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Jonathon B. Husby director ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Wen Hsuan Hsieh director C/O DESKTOP METAL, INC., 63 THIRD AVENUE, BURLINGTON MA 01803
Tierney Conor B officer: Treasurer & CFO ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Matthew Fisch director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 21680 HAGGERTY ROAD, NORTHVILLE MI 48167
Tirukkur R Ramachandran officer: Chief Operating Officer ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Timothy J Dunn director C/O AEYE, INC., ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Andrew S Hughes officer: Secretary and General Counsel AEYE, INC., C/O 1 PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Carol Dibattiste director 1155 W FREDERICK SMALL RD, JUPITER FL 33458
Sue Zeifman director AEYE, INC., ONE PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Blair Lacorte director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O AEYE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., C/O 1 PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Robert Anthony Brown officer: Treasurer, CFO, Chf Accntg Off C/O 1 PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Thomas Tewell officer: Chief Operating Officer 5521 HELLYER AVENUE, SAN JOSE CA 95138
Karl-thomas Neumann director C/O AEYE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 1 PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 94568
Bernd Gottschalk director C/O AEYE TECHNOLOGIES, INC., C/O 1 PARK PLACE, SUITE 200, DUBLIN CA 64568