Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment) Debt-to-EBITDA : -6.89 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.0 Mil. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $574.4 Mil. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-83.3 Mil. Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -6.89.

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 Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CSSE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -31.98 Med: 0.41 Max: 6.16
Current: -1.42

During the past 8 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment was 6.16. The lowest was -31.98. And the median was 0.41.

CSSE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 680 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.69 vs CSSE: -1.42

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Annual Data

Trend

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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-3.17

6.16

5.40

-31.98

-1.32

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															207.36	-438.56	-0.34	6.87	-6.89

Competitive Comparison of Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Entertainment subindustry, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment'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.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment'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
	=	(34.588	+	525.188)	/	-423.023
	=	-1.32

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0	+	574.429)	/	-83.348
	=	-6.89

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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (NAS:CSSE) 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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Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment) Business Description

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CSSEP.PFD:USA

Address

132 East Putman Avenue, Floor 2W, Cos Cob, CT, USA, 06807

Website

https://www.cssentertainment.com

Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment Inc operates streaming video-on-demand networks. The company owns Crackle Plus, which owns and operates a variety of ad-supported and subscription-based VOD networks including Crackle, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Popcornflix, Popcornflix Kids, Truli, Pivotshare, Espanolflix, and FrightPix. The company also acquires and distributes video content through its Screen Media subsidiary and produces original video content through the Chicken Soup for the Soul Television Group.

Executives

Chicken Soup For The Soul Holdings, Llc	10 percent owner	P.O. BOX 700, COS COB CT 06807
Chicken Soup For The Soul Productions, Llc	10 percent owner	P.O. BOX 700, COS COB CT 06807
Rouhana William J Jr	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O WINSTAR COMMUNICATIONS INC, 230 PARK AVE, NEW YORK NY 10169
Apollo Management Holdings Gp, Llc	10 percent owner	9 W. 57TH STREET, 43RD FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10019
Jason Meier	officer: Chief Financial Officer	132 E. PUTNAM AVENUE, FLOOR 2W, COS COB CT 06807
Apollo Management Holdings, L.p.	10 percent owner	9 W. 57TH STREET, NEW YORK NY 10019
Jonathan Saul Katz	officer: President	132 E. PUTNAM AVENUE, FLOOR 2W, COS COB CT 06807
Galen C Smith	officer: Executive Vice Chairman	C/O COINSTAR, INC., 1800 114TH AVE SE, BELLEVUE WA 98004
Ap Viii Aspen Holdings Gp, Llc	10 percent owner	ONE MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 201, PURCHASE NY 10577
Ap Viii Aspen Holdings, L.p.	10 percent owner	ONE MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 201, PURCHASE NY 10577
Redwood Holdco Gp, Llc	10 percent owner	C/O REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC., 1 TOWER LANE, SUITE 800, OAKBROOK TERRACE IL 60181
Redwood Holdco, Lp	10 percent owner	C/O REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT INC., 1 TOWER LANE, SUITE 800, OAKBROOK TERRACE IL 60181
New Outerwall, Inc.	10 percent owner	ONE MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 201, PURCHASE NY 10577
Apollo Management, L.p.	10 percent owner	2 MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 203, PURCHASE NY 10577
Apollo Management Gp, Llc	10 percent owner	TWO MANHATTANVILLE ROAD, SUITE 203, PURCHASE NY 10577