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Mears Group (LSE:MER) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.25 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Mears Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Mears Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £91 Mil. Mears Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £200 Mil. Mears Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £130 Mil. Mears Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.25.

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

LSE:MER' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.05   Med: 2.28   Max: 4.56
Current: 2.46

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Mears Group was 4.56. The lowest was 1.05. And the median was 2.28.

LSE:MER's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
58.23% of 79 companies
in the Personal Services industry
Industry Median: 3.42 vs LSE:MER: 2.46

Mears Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mears Group'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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Mears Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Mears Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.26 4.56 2.58 2.32 2.46

Mears Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 2.40 2.13 2.38 2.15 2.25

Competitive Comparison of Mears Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Personal Services subindustry, Mears Group'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.


Mears Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Personal Services Industry

For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Mears Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Mears Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Mears Group'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
=(91.191 + 199.948) / 118.191
=2.46

Mears Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(91.191 + 199.948) / 129.588
=2.25

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Mears Group  (LSE:MER) 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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Mears Group (LSE:MER) Business Description

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Address
1390 Montpellier Court, Gloucester Business Park, Brockworth, Gloucester, GBR, GL3 4AH
Mears Group PLC is a UK-based company engaged in providing social housing repairs and maintenance. It provides services consisting of full housing management solutions, provision of a range of outsourced services to the public and private sectors, repairs, and maintenance, turnkey solutions for energy efficiency, development of new homes, and home improvements.

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