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Chegg (CHGG) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.51 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Chegg Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Chegg's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $357.5 Mil. Chegg's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $259.4 Mil. Chegg's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $111.9 Mil. Chegg's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.51.

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

CHGG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.36   Med: 12.75   Max: 19.56
Current: 3.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Chegg was 19.56. The lowest was 3.36. And the median was 12.75.

CHGG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
67.78% of 180 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.69 vs CHGG: 3.45

Chegg Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Chegg 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 13.51 11.99 19.56 6.05 3.36

Chegg Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 9.14 2.74 3.91 3.94 5.51

Competitive Comparison of Chegg's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Chegg'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.


Chegg's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Chegg's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Chegg Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Chegg'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
=(357.079 + 260.821) / 183.803
=3.36

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

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(357.458 + 259.379) / 111.904
=5.51

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Chegg  (NYSE:CHGG) 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.


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Chegg (CHGG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3990 Freedom Circle, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Chegg Inc is an American educational services company. The Chegg platform provides products and services to support learners with their academic course materials, as well as their career and personal skills development. The company's service and product offerings fall into two categories: Subscription Services, which encompasses Chegg Study Pack, Chegg Study, Chegg Writing, Chegg Math, and Busuu offerings that can be accessed internationally through the company's websites and on mobile devices, and Skills and Other, which encompasses skills, advertising services, print textbooks and eTextbooks offerings.
Executives
Nathan J. Schultz officer: Chief Content Officer C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Andrew J Brown officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O PALMONE, INC., 400 N. MCCARTHY BLVD., MILPITAS CA 95035
Esther Lem officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Paul Leblanc director 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Marcela Martin director C/O SQUARESPACE, INC., 225 VARICK STREET, 12TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10014
David Longo officer: Chief Accounting Officer 3990 FREEDOM DR, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Ted Schlein director, 10 percent owner 2750 DANS HILL ROAD, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Daniel Rosensweig director, officer: President, CEO & Chairman C/O YAHOO INC, 701 FIRST AVE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
John Paul Fillmore officer: CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Sarah Bond director C/O ZUORA, INC., 101 REDWOOD SHORES PARKWAY, REDWOOD CITY CA 94065
Robin Tomasello officer: VP, CORPORATE CONTROLLER C/O SENTINELONE, INC., 444 CASTRO ST., SUITE 400, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94041
John E. York director C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Richard Sarnoff director C/O AUDIBLE INC, 65 WILLOWBROOK BLVD, WAYNE NJ 07470
Marne L. Levine director C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Michael A. Osier officer: Chief Information Officer C/O CHEGG, INC., 3990 FREEDOM CIRCLE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054