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Defence Therapeutics (XCNQ:DTC) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.05 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Defence Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Defence Therapeutics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$1.49 Mil. Defence Therapeutics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$0.02 Mil. Defence Therapeutics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$-33.02 Mil. Defence Therapeutics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.05.

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

XCNQ:DTC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.13   Med: 0   Max: 0
Current: -0.13

XCNQ:DTC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 276 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.37 vs XCNQ:DTC: -0.13

Defence Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Defence Therapeutics'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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Defence Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Defence Therapeutics Annual Data
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Competitive Comparison of Defence Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Defence Therapeutics'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.


Defence Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Defence Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Defence Therapeutics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Defence Therapeutics's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2022 is calculated as

Defence Therapeutics'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
=(1.492 + 0.023) / -33.02
=-0.05

* 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.


Defence Therapeutics  (XCNQ:DTC) 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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Defence Therapeutics (XCNQ:DTC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
200 Burrard Street, Suite 1680, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C3L6
Defence Therapeutics Inc is engaged in the development of a biological drug enhancer platform that improves the efficacy and safety of a multitude of biological/biosimilar-based pharmaceuticals used in the treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. The Company has one operating segment, being research and development.