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GHP Specialty Care AB (CHIX:GHPS) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.20 (As of Mar. 2022)


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What is GHP Specialty Care AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

GHP Specialty Care AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was kr276 Mil. GHP Specialty Care AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was kr200 Mil. GHP Specialty Care AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was kr216 Mil. GHP Specialty Care AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 was 2.20.

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 GHP Specialty Care AB's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:GHPs' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.59   Med: 2.09   Max: 6.9
Current: 2.56

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of GHP Specialty Care AB was 6.90. The lowest was 1.59. And the median was 2.09.

CHIX:GHPs's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Healthcare Providers & Services industry.
Industry Median: 2.62 vs CHIX:GHPs: 2.56

GHP Specialty Care AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for GHP Specialty Care AB'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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GHP Specialty Care AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

GHP Specialty Care AB Annual Data
Trend Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.53 1.59 2.00 1.98 2.18

GHP Specialty Care AB Quarterly Data
Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22
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 0.75 1.14 1.65 2.01 2.20

Competitive Comparison of GHP Specialty Care AB's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Medical Care Facilities subindustry, GHP Specialty Care AB'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.


GHP Specialty Care AB's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, GHP Specialty Care AB's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where GHP Specialty Care AB's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



GHP Specialty Care AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

GHP Specialty Care AB's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(91 + 328.5) / 192.8
=2.18

GHP Specialty Care AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(275.5 + 199.5) / 215.6
=2.20

* 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 (Mar. 2022) EBITDA data.


GHP Specialty Care AB  (CHIX:GHPs) 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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GHP Specialty Care AB (CHIX:GHPS) Business Description

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Address
Södra Hamngatan 45, Gothenburg, SWE, 411 06
GHP Specialty Care AB is a player in the healthcare sector. It is a Swedish health care provider that operates specialist clinics, primarily in the Nordic countries. GHP's clinics address various medical areas such as diabetes care, neurology, general surgery, sports medicine and arrhythmia. GHP has two segments, the Nordic Region and International. The company generates majority of its revenue from the Nordic Region. The Nordic Region business area conducts business within specialist care, such as spine surgery/spine care, orthopaedics, obesity surgery and diabetes care, gastroenterology, urology, general surgery, arrhythmia, sports medicine, plastic surgery, neurology and specialist dentistry via over 20 clinics.

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