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Metals Exploration (LSE:MTL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.62 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Metals Exploration Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Metals Exploration's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £39.0 Mil. Metals Exploration's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £0.0 Mil. Metals Exploration's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was £63.2 Mil. Metals Exploration's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 0.62.

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 Metals Exploration's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:MTL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -23.29   Med: 1.84   Max: 27.81
Current: 0.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Metals Exploration was 27.81. The lowest was -23.29. And the median was 1.84.

LSE:MTL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
66.36% of 538 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs LSE:MTL: 0.91

Metals Exploration Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Metals Exploration'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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Metals Exploration Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Metals Exploration Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.79 3.15 2.93 2.25 1.84

Metals Exploration Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 4.30 3.94 5.71 2.93 0.62

Competitive Comparison of Metals Exploration's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Gold subindustry, Metals Exploration'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.


Metals Exploration's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Metals Exploration's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Metals Exploration Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Metals Exploration's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(24.631 + 42.678) / 36.614
=1.84

Metals Exploration's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(39.046 + 0) / 63.178
=0.62

* 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 (Jun. 2023) EBITDA data.


Metals Exploration  (LSE:MTL) 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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Metals Exploration (LSE:MTL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Berkeley Square, Room 169, First Floor,, Berkeley Square House,, London, GBR, W1J 6DB
Metals Exploration PLC is a natural resource exploration and development company. The company identifies, acquires, and develops mining and processing projects, mining companies, and businesses with a focus on base and precious metals mining opportunities. The main asset of the company is a Runruno gold-molybdenum project in Northern Philippines. The company operates in geographic areas of the UK, Philippines, and Singapore.

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