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Box (BOX) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.68 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Box Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Box's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $27 Mil. Box's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $465 Mil. Box's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $134 Mil. Box's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 3.68.

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

BOX' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.3   Med: -0.31   Max: 17.13
Current: 4.82

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Box was 17.13. The lowest was -5.30. And the median was -0.31.

BOX's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
83.06% of 1594 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.055 vs BOX: 4.82

Box Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Box Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -5.30 17.13 12.28 5.20 4.82

Box Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 4.14 6.14 6.13 4.96 3.68

Competitive Comparison of Box's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Box'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.


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

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

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



Box Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Box's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(26.812 + 464.987) / 101.994
=4.82

Box's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(26.812 + 464.987) / 133.636
=3.68

* 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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Box  (NYSE:BOX) 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.


Box Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Box (BOX) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
900 Jefferson Avenue, Redwood City, CA, USA, 94063
Box is a cloud-based content services platform that provides cloud-based storage and workflow collaboration services for enterprise customers. The firm was founded in 2005 as a file-sync and sharing provider. More recently, however, the company has focused on bolstering its product portfolio by adding tools such as governance and e-signature to enhance workflow management and collaboration.
Executives
Dylan C Smith director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O BOX INC, 4440 EL CAMINO REAL, LOS ALTOS CA 94022
Eli Berkovitch officer: VP Chief Acct Ofr & Controller 900 JEFFERSON AVE, REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Aaron Levie director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O BOX INC, 4440 EL CAMINO, LOS ALTOS CA 94022
Jack R Lazar director 400 W. CESAR CHAVEZ, ATTN: STOCK ADMINISTRATION, AUSTIN TX 78701
Dana L Evan director 550 EAST TIMPANOGOS CIRCLE, *, OREM UT 84097
Daniel J Levin director, 10 percent owner, officer: President & COO 4440 EL CAMINO REAL, LOS ALTOS CA 94022
Amit Walia director 2100 SEAPORT BLVD., REDWOOD CITY CA 94063
Kimberly Hammonds director 100 EAST DAVIE STREET, RALEIGH NC 27601
John Ihn Park director C/O KOHLBERG KRAVIS ROBERTS & CO. L.P., 9 WEST 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Jeff Mannie officer: VP Controller & Chief Acct Ofr C/O BOX INC, 4440 EL CAMINO REAL, LOS ALTOS CA 94022
Carl Bass director C/O AUTODESK INC, 111 MELNNIS PARKWAY, SAN RAFAEL CA 94903
Bethany Mayer director C/O IXIA, 26601 W. AGOURA ROAD, CALABASAS CA 91302
Peter Leav director 7 WORLD TRADE CENTER, 250 GREENWICH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10007
Josh Stein director C/O DRAPER FISHER JURVETSON, 2882 SAND HILL ROAD SUITE 150, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Rory O'driscoll director, 10 percent owner 950 TOWER LANE, SUITE 700, FOSTER CITY CA 94404