Galecto Inc is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapeutics designed to target the biological processes that lie at the heart of fibrosis and impact a broad range of fibrotic and related diseases, including cancer. Its initial focus is on the development of small-molecule inhibitors of galectin-3 and lysyl oxidase-like 2, or LOXL2. Its product candidate GB0139 is for the treatment of severe fibrotic lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, a life-threatening progressive fibrotic disease of the lung. Its product GB1211, a selective oral galectin-3 inhibitor for the treatment of fibrosis related to non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, or NASH, and GB2064, a selective oral inhibitor of LOXL2 that it initially plans to develop for the treatment of myelofibrosis.
How many years of EBITDA are required to pay off the company's net debt considering the lease agreements, according to the official accounting standard IFRS16. As a market consensus, a value of up to 3 years of leverage is accepted for most companies.
It shows the Lease percentage that is impacting the total amount of the company's debt.
How much the company's debt represents in % in relation to its equity. As a market consensus, a value less than or equal to 1 is accepted, above that leverage can end up hurting the final result at some point.
The current ratio helps investors understand more about a company's ability to cover its short-term debt with its current assets and make apples-to-apples comparisons with its competitors and peers.
The quick ratio measures a company's capacity to pay its current liabilities without needing to sell its inventory or obtain additional financing and is considered a more conservative measure than the current ratio, which includes all current assets as coverage for current liabilities.
The interest coverage ratio is used to measure how well a firm can pay the interest due on outstanding debt and is is calculated by dividing a company's earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) by its interest expense during a given period. Generally, a higher coverage ratio is better, although the ideal ratio may vary by industry.
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