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Netgear (Netgear) Debt-to-EBITDA : -8.63 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Netgear Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Netgear's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.9 Mil. Netgear's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $29.7 Mil. Netgear's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-4.8 Mil. Netgear's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -8.63.

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

NTGR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.66   Med: 0.35   Max: 0.76
Current: -1.66

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Netgear was 0.76. The lowest was -1.66. And the median was 0.35.

NTGR's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1739 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.78 vs NTGR: -1.66

Netgear Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Netgear 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 0.76 0.37 0.35 -1.59 -1.66

Netgear 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 -1.13 -1.13 -0.71 5.34 -8.63

Competitive Comparison of Netgear's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Netgear'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.


Netgear's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Netgear Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Netgear'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
=(11.869 + 29.698) / -25.043
=-1.66

Netgear'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
=(11.869 + 29.698) / -4.816
=-8.63

* 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.


Netgear  (NAS:NTGR) 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.


Netgear Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Netgear (Netgear) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
350 East Plumeria Drive, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134
Netgear Inc is a provider of networking solutions. The reportable segments of the company are connected home, and Small and Medium Businesses (SMB). The Connected Home segment focuses on consumers and consists of high-performance, dependable, and easy-to-use 4G/5G mobile, Wi-Fi internet networking solutions and smart devices such as Orbi Voice smart speakers and Meural digital canvas; and SMB focused on small and medium-sized businesses and consists of business networking, storage, wireless LAN and security solutions that bring enterprise-class functionality to small and medium-sized businesses at an affordable price.
Executives
Andrew Wonki Kim officer: SVP, Legal and Corp. Dev. 892 RUSSET DR., SUNNYVALE CA 94087
Martin Westhead officer: CTO 350 E. PLUMERIA DR., SAN JOSE CA 95134
Heidi Cormack officer: SVP, Marketing 350 E. PLUMERIA DR., SAN JOSE CA 95134
Vikram Mehta officer: SVP, CBU 350 E. PLUMERIA DR., SAN JOSE CA 95134
Michael A Werdann officer: SVP of Worldwide Sales 4500 GREAT AMERICAN PARKWAY, C/O NETGEAR INC, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Laura Durr director C/O XPERI HOLDING CORPORATION, 3025 ORCHARD PARKWAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Mark G Merrill officer: Chief Technology Officer
Patrick Cs Lo director, officer: Chairman and CEO
Shravan Goli director 1040 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10016
David John Henry officer: SVP, Home Networking 350 E. PLUMERIA DR., SAN JOSE CA 95134
Thomas H Waechter director
Michael F Falcon officer: SVP, Operations
Tamesa Rogers officer: SVP, Human Resources 350 EAST PLUMERIA DR, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Murray Bryan officer: CFO 350 E. PLUMERIA DR., SAN JOSE CA 95134
Gregory J Rossman director 500 NYALA FARM RD, WESTPORT CT 06880