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Tucows (Tucows) Debt-to-EBITDA : 326.36 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Tucows Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Tucows's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5.4 Mil. Tucows's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $451.5 Mil. Tucows's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.4 Mil. Tucows's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 326.36.

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

TCX' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -32.55   Med: 1.93   Max: 9.75
Current: -32.55

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Tucows was 9.75. The lowest was -32.55. And the median was 1.93.

TCX's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1594 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.055 vs TCX: -32.55

Tucows Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Tucows 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 2.56 3.45 5.16 9.75 -32.55

Tucows 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 26.24 -43.83 -9.78 -121.33 326.36

Competitive Comparison of Tucows's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Tucows'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.


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

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

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



Tucows Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Tucows'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
=(5.397 + 451.504) / -14.039
=-32.55

Tucows'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
=(5.397 + 451.504) / 1.4
=326.36

* 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.


Tucows  (NAS:TCX) 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.


Tucows Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Tucows (Tucows) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
96 Mowat Avenue, Toronto, ON, CAN, M6K 3M1
Tucows Inc provides us consumers and small businesses with mobile phone services nationally and high-speed fixed Internet access in selected towns. The Company offers Mobile Service Enabler (MSE) solutions, as well as professional services to other retail mobile providers. The Company is also a global distributor of Internet services, including domain name registration, digital certificates, and email. It provides these services primarily through a global Internet-based distribution network of Internet Service Providers, web hosting companies, and other providers of Internet services to end-users. It operates in three segments: Domain Services, Mobile Services, and Fiber Internet Services. It generates the majority of its revenue from Domain Services.
Executives
Elliot Noss director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
Robin Chase director 96 MOWAT AVENUE, TORONTO A6 M6K3M1
Lee Matheson director 96 MOWAT AVE, TORONTO A6 M6K 3M1
Gigi Sohn director 96 MOWAT AVE, TORONTO A6 M6K 3M1
Blacksheep Fund Management Ltd 10 percent owner ROCK HOUSE, MAIN STREET, BLACKROCK, CO. DUBLIN L2 A94 YY39
Michael Alan Koenig officer: Chief Operating Officer 96 MOWAT AVE, TORONTO A6 M6K 3M1
Blacksheep Master Fund Ltd. 10 percent owner C/O MOURANT GOVERNANCE SERVICES, PO BOX 1348, 94 SOLARIS AVE., GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1108
Herdwick Capital Ltd 10 percent owner C/O BLACKSHEEP FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED, ROCK HOUSE, MAIN STREET, BLACKROCK, CO. DUBLIN L2 A94 YY39
Alexis Fortune 10 percent owner C/O BLACKSHEEP FUND MANAGEMENT LIMITED, ROCK HOUSE, MAIN STREET, BLACKROCK, CO. DUBLIN L2 A94 YY39
David John Woroch officer: VP Sales & Customer Support 96 MOWAT AVENUE, TORONTO A6 M6K 3M1
Marlene Carl director 96 MOWAT AVENUE, TORONTO A6 M6K3M1
Bret Fausett officer: Chief Legal Officer & VP 96 MOWAT AVENUE, TORONTO A6 M6K3M1
Jessica Sybil-lynne Johannson officer: VP HR 612-11 BRONTE ROAD, OAKVILLE A6 L6L0E1
Justin Reilly officer: CPO 96 MOWAT AVENUE, TORONTO A6 M6K3M1
Jill Szchumacher officer: EVP Networks 96 MOWAT AVENUE, TORONTO A6 M6K3M1