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Walsin Lihwa (Walsin Lihwa) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.72 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Walsin Lihwa Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Walsin Lihwa's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $488.93 Mil. Walsin Lihwa's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,596.94 Mil. Walsin Lihwa's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $442.03 Mil. Walsin Lihwa's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.72.

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 Walsin Lihwa's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

WSLWY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.83   Med: 3.43   Max: 5.51
Current: 4.17

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Walsin Lihwa was 5.51. The lowest was 1.83. And the median was 3.43.

WSLWY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
75.67% of 2293 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.72 vs WSLWY: 4.17

Walsin Lihwa Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walsin Lihwa'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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Walsin Lihwa Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Walsin Lihwa 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 4.02 3.66 2.27 2.49 3.62

Walsin Lihwa Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 3.24 3.64 3.59 5.10 4.72

Competitive Comparison of Walsin Lihwa's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Walsin Lihwa'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.


Walsin Lihwa's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Walsin Lihwa's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Walsin Lihwa Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Walsin Lihwa'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
=(439.154 + 1620.4) / 569.009
=3.62

Walsin Lihwa's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(488.933 + 1596.942) / 442.032
=4.72

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Walsin Lihwa  (GREY:WSLWY) 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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Walsin Lihwa (Walsin Lihwa) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
No. 1, Songzhi Road, 25th Floor, Taipei, TWN, 11047
Walsin Lihwa Corp is a producer of cables, steel, and wires. The company operating segments include Wires and cables, Stainless steel, Resource, Real estate, and Administration and investing. Wires and cables products include copper rods, wires, connectors and components which are sold to industries involving cables and wires, communications cable, heavy electronics, home electrical appliances, and construction. It generates maximum revenue from the Wires and cables segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from Asia and also has a presence in the United States of America, Europe, and Others countries.

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