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Clear Secure (Clear Secure) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.45 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Clear Secure Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Clear Secure's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.7 Mil. Clear Secure's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $121.7 Mil. Clear Secure's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $87.7 Mil. Clear Secure's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.45.

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

YOU' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.18   Med: 0.93   Max: 3.05
Current: 3.05

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Clear Secure was 3.05. The lowest was -1.18. And the median was 0.93.

YOU's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
74.94% of 1600 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.04 vs YOU: 3.05

Clear Secure Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Clear Secure'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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Clear Secure Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Clear Secure Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
- - - -1.18 3.05

Clear Secure Quarterly Data
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 -1.23 -3.32 6.25 1.31 1.45

Competitive Comparison of Clear Secure's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Clear Secure'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.


Clear Secure's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

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

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



Clear Secure Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Clear Secure'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
=(5.727 + 121.655) / 41.787
=3.05

Clear Secure'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
=(5.727 + 121.655) / 87.732
=1.45

* 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.


Clear Secure  (NYSE:YOU) 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.


Clear Secure Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Clear Secure (Clear Secure) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
85 10th Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY, USA, 10011
Clear Secure Inc is involved in the creation of a frictionless travel experience while enhancing security. Its secure identity platform uses biometrics to automate the identity verification process through lanes in airports which helps to make the travel experience safe and easy.
Executives
Durable Capital Partners Lp 10 percent owner 4747 BETHESDA AVENUE, SUITE #1002, BETHESDA MD 20814
Shawn Henry director CROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS, INC., 150 MATHILDA PLACE, SUITE 300, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Jonathan J. Feldman officer: EVP, Powered by CLEAR 85 10TH AVE., 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10011
Kasra Moshkani officer: EVP, Operations 85 10TH AVE., 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Patterson Richard N. Jr. officer: Chief Info Sec. Officer 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jeffery H Boyd director C/O ASPEN GROVE CAPITAL, LLC, PO BOX 9389, AVON CO 81620
General Atlantic Partners Aiv (ac), L.p. 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE CO., L.P., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
General Atlantic, L.p. 10 percent owner 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
Gapco Aiv Interholdco (ac), L.p. 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE CO., L.P., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055
Matthew Levine officer: GC & Chief Privacy Officer 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Kenneth L. Cornick director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & CFO 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Alclear Investments Ii, Llc director, 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Alclear Investments, Llc director, 10 percent owner, other: See Remarks 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
Dennis W. Liu officer: Chief Accounting Officer 65 EAST 55TH STREET, 17TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10022
General Atlantic (alc), L.p. 10 percent owner C/O GENERAL ATLANTIC SERVICE CO., L.P., 55 EAST 52ND STREET, 33RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10055