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Pargesa Holding (XSWX:PARG) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.66 (As of Jun. 2020)


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What is Pargesa Holding Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Pargesa Holding's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was CHF2,006 Mil. Pargesa Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was CHF5,601 Mil. Pargesa Holding's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was CHF1,631 Mil. Pargesa Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 4.66.

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 Pargesa Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XSWX:PARG's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Conglomerates industry.
Industry Median: 3.12
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Pargesa Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pargesa Holding'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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Pargesa Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Pargesa Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.75 1.62 3.40 3.33 4.63

Pargesa Holding Semi-Annual Data
Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20
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 3.48 4.13 3.19 4.75 4.66

Competitive Comparison of Pargesa Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Pargesa Holding'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.


Pargesa Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

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

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



Pargesa Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Pargesa Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1428 + 5981.2) / 1600.1
=4.63

Pargesa Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2005.7 + 5600.7) / 1631.2
=4.66

* 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. 2020) EBITDA data.


Pargesa Holding  (XSWX:PARG) 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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Pargesa Holding (XSWX:PARG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
11, Grand Rue, Geneva, CHE, 1204
Pargesa Holding is a holding company. The company owns 50% of Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, a traded holding company with sizable investments in large European industrial firms such as LafargeHolcim, SGS, Imerys, and Adidas.

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