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Sohu.com (Sohu.com) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.16 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sohu.com Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sohu.com's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $35.3 Mil. Sohu.com's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.0 Mil. Sohu.com's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $225.5 Mil. Sohu.com's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.16.

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 Sohu.com's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SOHU' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.49   Med: 1.13   Max: 13.25
Current: -6.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sohu.com was 13.25. The lowest was -16.49. And the median was 1.13.

SOHU's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 275 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.75 vs SOHU: -6.25

Sohu.com Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sohu.com'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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Sohu.com Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sohu.com 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 13.25 3.10 0.21 0.50 1.44

Sohu.com 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 -1.62 - - - 0.16

Competitive Comparison of Sohu.com's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Gaming & Multimedia subindustry, Sohu.com'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.


Sohu.com's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Interactive Media Industry

For the Interactive Media industry and Communication Services sector, Sohu.com's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sohu.com Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sohu.com'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
=(35.31 + 0) / 24.595
=1.44

Sohu.com'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
=(35.31 + 0) / 225.524
=0.16

* 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.


Sohu.com  (NAS:SOHU) 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.


Sohu.com Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Sohu.com (Sohu.com) Business Description

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Address
Block 3, No. 2 Kexueyuan South Road, Level 18, SOHU.com Media Plaza, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100190
Sohu.com Ltd provides online media, games, and search products and services on PCs and mobile devices in China. The company operates in Sohu and Changyou segments. Sohu is a Chinese language online media content and services provider. Changyou is involved in the development, operation, and licensing of online games for PCs and mobile devices, which include massively multiplayer online role-playing games, casual games, strategy games. In addition, it operates focus.cn, which provides online real estate information and services; and 17173.com website, which provides news, electronic forums, online videos, and other online game information services to game players, as well as offers mobile game distribution services. It generates maximum revenue from the Changyou segment.