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Plasma System (WAR:PSM) Debt-to-EBITDA : -34.67 (As of Sep. 2022)


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What is Plasma System Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Plasma System's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was zł14.75 Mil. Plasma System's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was zł2.58 Mil. Plasma System's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was zł-0.50 Mil. Plasma System's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 was -34.67.

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 Plasma System's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

WAR:PSM's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Chemicals industry.
Industry Median: 2.325
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Plasma System Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Plasma System'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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Plasma System Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Plasma System 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 -11.20 210.38 -2.88 91.12 -8.37

Plasma System Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22
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 -33.84 -2.81 -5.61 -10.55 -34.67

Competitive Comparison of Plasma System's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Plasma System'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.


Plasma System's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Plasma System's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Plasma System Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Plasma System'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
=(15.869 + 0) / -1.897
=-8.37

Plasma System's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(14.75 + 2.583) / -0.5
=-34.67

* 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 (Sep. 2022) EBITDA data.


Plasma System  (WAR:PSM) 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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Plasma System (WAR:PSM) Business Description

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Address
ul. Towarowa 14, Siemianowice Slaskie, POL, 41-103
Plasma System SA is a surface engineering company. It is engaged in the development of coating and thermal spraying technologies. The company offers various services in the field of flame, arc, plasma, and laser coating methods. It serves power generation, metallurgy, mining, rail transport, machinery and other industries.

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