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Sandvik AB (Sandvik AB) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.63 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Sandvik AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sandvik AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,176 Mil. Sandvik AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $3,358 Mil. Sandvik AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,727 Mil. Sandvik AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.63.

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 Sandvik AB's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SDVKY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.87   Med: 1.48   Max: 2.54
Current: 1.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sandvik AB was 2.54. The lowest was 0.87. And the median was 1.48.

SDVKY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
50.61% of 2298 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs SDVKY: 1.70

Sandvik AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sandvik AB'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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Sandvik AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sandvik AB 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 0.87 0.98 1.45 2.00 1.51

Sandvik AB 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 1.80 1.92 1.68 1.41 2.63

Competitive Comparison of Sandvik AB's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Sandvik AB'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.


Sandvik AB's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

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



Sandvik AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sandvik AB'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
=(1193.262 + 3201.626) / 2912.475
=1.51

Sandvik AB'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
=(1176.126 + 3358.37) / 1727.352
=2.63

* 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.


Sandvik AB  (OTCPK:SDVKY) 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.


Sandvik AB Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Sandvik AB (Sandvik AB) Business Description

Address
Kungsbron 1, Section G, Floor 6, Stockholm, SWE, 111 22
Sandvik is a manufacturer of specialized tools and mining equipment used predominantly by global mining, engineering, and automotive customers. The company's core operations are in metal cutting and mining equipment. The company has a well-documented history, having been founded in 1862 and listed on the Nordic Exchange in Stockholm in 1901.Europe is the largest contributor to group sales at 27%, followed by North America 25%, Asia 19%, Australia 12%, Africa/Middle East 11%, and South America 6%.