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Highway Capital (LSE:HWC) Debt-to-EBITDA : -2.08 (As of Aug. 2022)


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What is Highway Capital Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Highway Capital's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2022 was £1.01 Mil. Highway Capital's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2022 was £0.00 Mil. Highway Capital's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2022 was £-0.49 Mil. Highway Capital's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2022 was -2.08.

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

LSE:HWC's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 3.16
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Highway Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Highway Capital'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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Highway Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Highway Capital Annual Data
Trend Feb13 Feb14 Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.03 -2.38 -1.86 -5.37 -0.43

Highway Capital Semi-Annual Data
Feb13 Aug13 Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22
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 -1.57 27.89 -2.45 -0.28 -2.08

Competitive Comparison of Highway Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Highway Capital'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.


Highway Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Highway Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Highway Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Highway Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.231 + 0) / -0.543
=-0.43

Highway Capital's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.011 + 0) / -0.486
=-2.08

* 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 two times the quarterly (Aug. 2022) EBITDA data.


Highway Capital  (LSE:HWC) 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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Highway Capital (LSE:HWC) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Reynolds Road, Eden House, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, GBR, HP9 2FL
Highway Capital PLC is a United Kingdom-based company. The company focuses on investing in or acquiring undervalued companies with either strong asset backing or opportunities, which possess high barriers to entry.