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System1 Group (LSE:SYS1) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.28 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is System1 Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

System1 Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.92 Mil. System1 Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.00 Mil. System1 Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £3.31 Mil. System1 Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.28.

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 System1 Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:SYS1' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.3   Med: 1.31   Max: 2.43
Current: 0.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of System1 Group was 2.43. The lowest was 0.30. And the median was 1.31.

LSE:SYS1's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
80.27% of 664 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.69 vs LSE:SYS1: 0.30

System1 Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for System1 Group'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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System1 Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

System1 Group Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.87 2.25 1.17 2.43 0.71

System1 Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 1.33 12.10 3.62 0.52 0.28

Competitive Comparison of System1 Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, System1 Group'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.


System1 Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, System1 Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where System1 Group's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



System1 Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

System1 Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.094 + 0.362) / 2.039
=0.71

System1 Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.922 + 0) / 3.314
=0.28

* 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 two times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


System1 Group  (LSE:SYS1) 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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System1 Group (LSE:SYS1) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4 More London Riverside, London, GBR, SE1 2AU
System1 Group PLC is engaged in providing marketing and market research consultancy services. The company's geographical segments include the Americas, United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and APAC. It generates maximum revenue from the Americas. The Group defines its Consultancy business as a Research and Advertising Agency.

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