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SemiLEDs (SemiLEDs) Debt-to-EBITDA : -3.94 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is SemiLEDs Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

SemiLEDs's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $2.99 Mil. SemiLEDs's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $2.29 Mil. SemiLEDs's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $-1.34 Mil. SemiLEDs's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was -3.94.

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

LEDS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6   Med: -1.06   Max: 12.02
Current: -2.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of SemiLEDs was 12.02. The lowest was -6.00. And the median was -1.06.

LEDS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 707 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs LEDS: -2.91

SemiLEDs Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

SemiLEDs Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -2.78 12.02 -5.86 -6.00 -5.53

SemiLEDs Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 -13.40 -4.66 -2.79 -5.41 -3.94

Competitive Comparison of SemiLEDs's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Semiconductors subindustry, SemiLEDs'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.


SemiLEDs's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

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

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



SemiLEDs Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

SemiLEDs's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(5.181 + 2.559) / -1.4
=-5.53

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

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.991 + 2.291) / -1.34
=-3.94

* 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


SemiLEDs  (NAS:LEDS) 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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SemiLEDs (SemiLEDs) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
3rd Floor, No.11 Ke Jung Road, Chu-Nan Site. Chu-Nan 350, Hsinchu Science Park, Miao-Li County, Miao-Li, TWN, 350
SemiLEDs Corp develops, manufacture, and sells light-emitting diode chips and LED components. The company's products include LED Chips, LED Components, and Lighting Products. Its products are used for general lighting applications, that includes street lights and commercial, industrial, system and residential lighting; specialty industrial applications, such as ultraviolet, or Ultraviolet, curing of polymers, LED light therapy in medical/cosmetic applications, counterfeit detection, LED lighting for horticulture applications, architectural lighting and entertainment lighting. Substantial revenue is generated from the sale of LED components products. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.
Executives
Hsin-liang Christopher Lee officer: Chief Financial Officer 3F, NO. 11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, MIAO LI COUNTY, CHU-HAN F5 F5 350
Scott R. Simplot director, 10 percent owner 999 MAIN STREET, SUITE 1300, BOISE ID 83702
J.r. Simplot Co 10 percent owner 999 MAIN STREET, SUITE 1300, BOISE ID 83702
Semileds Corp officer: CFO 3F, NO. 11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, MIAO-LI COUNTY, CHU-NAN F5 350
Roger Lee director C/O SEMILEDS CORPORATION, 3F, NO. 11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, TAIWAN F5 00000
Well Thrive Ltd 10 percent owner NO. 79, HENG YANG ROAD, TAIPEI F5 100
Sheng-chun Chang 10 percent owner NO. 79, HENG YANG ROAD, TAIPEI F5 100
Peter Chiou director C/O SEMILEDS CORPORATION, 3F, NO. 11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, MIAO-LI COUNTY CA 350
Walter Michael Gough director C/O SEMILEDS CORPORATION, 3F, NO.11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, MIAO-LI COUNTY F5 00000
Del Prado Arthur H director 10 JAN VAN EYCKLAAN, BILTHOVEN P7 3723 BC
Anh Chuong Tran director, 10 percent owner, officer: President and COO 3F, NO. 11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, MIAO-LI COUNTY, CHU-NAN F5 350
Chen-hao Timothy Lin officer: Chief Financial Officer 3F, NO. 11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, MIAO-LI COUNTY, CHU-NAN F5 350
Ilkan Cokgor officer: Exec VP of Sales & Marketing 3F, NO. 11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, MIAO-LI COUNTY, CHU-NAN F5 350
Hsieh Edward Kuan Hsiung director 3F, NO. 11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, MIAO-LI COUNTI, CHU-NAN F5 350
Yingku (adam) Lin officer: VP Bus. Dev. & General Counsel 3F, NO. 11 KE JUNG RD., CHU-NAN SITE, HSINCHU SCIENCE PARK, MIAO-LI COUNTY, CHU-NAN F5 350