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


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What is Qualys Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Qualys's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.9 Mil. Qualys's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16.9 Mil. Qualys's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $189.3 Mil. Qualys'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 Qualys's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

QLYS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15   Med: 0.39   Max: 0.46
Current: 0.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Qualys was 0.46. The lowest was 0.15. And the median was 0.39.

QLYS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
83.37% of 1600 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs QLYS: 0.15

Qualys Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Qualys 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 0.46 0.43 0.39 0.26 0.15

Qualys 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 0.27 0.23 0.17 0.16 0.15

Competitive Comparison of Qualys's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Qualys'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.


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

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

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



Qualys Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Qualys'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
=(11.857 + 16.885) / 190.06
=0.15

Qualys'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
=(11.857 + 16.885) / 189.28
=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.


Qualys  (NAS:QLYS) 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.


Qualys Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Qualys (Qualys) Business Description

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Address
919 East Hillsdale Boulevard, 4th Floor, Foster City, CA, USA, 94404
Qualys Inc. is a cloud security and compliance solutions provider that helps businesses identify and manage their security risks and compliance requirements. The California-based company has more than 10,000 customers worldwide, the majority of which are small- and medium-sized businesses. Qualys was founded in 1999 and went public in 2012.
Executives
Bruce K Posey officer: VP, GC and Corp. Sec. 919 E HILLSDALE BLVD, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Sumedh S Thakar officer: VP, Engineering C/O QUALYS, INC., 919 E HILLSDALE BLVD, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Joo Mi Kim officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O QUALYS, INC., 919 E. HILLSDALE BLVD., FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Wendy Pfeiffer director C/O QUALYS, INC., 919 E. HILLSDALE BOULEVARD, FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Thomas Berquist director 500 ARGUELLO STREET, SUITE 200, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Jeffrey P Hank director C/O INTUIT INC., PO BOX 7850, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94039
Allan Peters officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O QUALYS, INC., 919 E. HILLSDALE BLVD., FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Kristi Marie Rogers director 802 MEADOWLARK, HOWELL MI 48843
Arjet Skenduli officer: Chief Accounting Officer 919 E. HILLSDALE BLVD., FOSTER CITY CA 94404
William Berutti director 140 KENDRICK STREET, NEEDHAM MA 02494
Philippe Courtot Family Trust 10 percent owner C/O QUALYS, INC., 919 E. HILLSDALE BLVD., FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Saikat Paul officer: Chief Accounting Officer 919 E. HILLSDALE BLVD., FOSTER CITY CA 94404
Sandra K Bergeron director C/O NETEGRITY INC, 201 JONES RD, WALTHAM MA 02451
Philippe F Courtot director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman, President & CEO 1600 BRIDGE PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Peter Pace director C/O AAR CORP., 1100 N. WOOD DALE ROAD, WOOD DALE IL 60191