Acacia Research (Acacia Research) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.04 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Acacia Research Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Acacia Research's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1.2 Mil. Acacia Research's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $12.3 Mil. Acacia Research's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $311.7 Mil. Acacia Research's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.04.

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

ACTG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.6 Med: 0.16 Max: 0.95
Current: 0.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Acacia Research was 0.95. The lowest was -0.60. And the median was 0.16.

ACTG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
86.43% of 2292 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.72 vs ACTG: 0.16

Acacia Research Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Acacia Research's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Acacia Research Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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-0.11

0.95

-0.60

0.16

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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-0.99	0.99	-0.97	0.11	0.04

Competitive Comparison of Acacia Research's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Business Equipment & Supplies subindustry, Acacia Research'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.

Acacia Research's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Acacia Research's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Acacia Research Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Acacia Research'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
	=	(1.248	+	12.261)	/	84.084
	=	0.16

Acacia Research'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
	=	(1.248	+	12.261)	/	311.724
	=	0.04

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.

Acacia Research (NAS:ACTG) 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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Website

https://www.acaciaresearch.com

Acacia Research Corp is engaged in the acquisition, development, and patents technologies through its subsidiaries. It assists patent owners with the prosecution and development of their patent portfolios; protection of their patented inventions from unauthorized use; generation of licensing revenue from users of their patented technologies; and enforcement against unauthorized users of their patented technologies. It has two segments Intellectual Property Operations and Industrial Operations.

Executives

Jason W. Soncini	officer: General Counsel	767 THIRD AVENUE, SUITE 602, NEW YORK NY 10017
Mcnulty Martin D. Jr.	officer: COO & Head of M&A	C/O STARBOARD VALUE ACQUISITION CORP., 777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Geoffrey G Ribar	director
Kirsten Hoover	officer: Controller	4 PARK PLAZA, SUITE 550, IRVINE CA 92614
Robert Rasamny	officer: Chief Administrative Officer	767 THIRD AVENUE, 6TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Starboard Value & Opportunity Master Fund Ltd	other: See Footnote 2	777 THIRD AVENUE, 18TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017
Peter A Feld	10 percent owner, other: See Footnote 2	201 E LAS OLAS BOULEVARD, SUITE 1000, FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33301
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