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Scania AB (Scania AB) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.33 (As of Dec. 2015)


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What is Scania AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Scania AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $3,383 Mil. Scania AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $3,085 Mil. Scania AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was $1,215 Mil. Scania AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 was 5.33.

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

SVKBF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 2.83
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Scania AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scania 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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Scania AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Scania AB Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.96 4.82 4.80 3.85 4.26

Scania AB Quarterly Data
Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15
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 4.42 5.14 4.67 5.20 5.33

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

For the Trucking subindustry, Scania 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.


Scania AB's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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



Scania AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Scania AB's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3383.174 + 3085.309) / 1517.107
=4.26

Scania AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3383.174 + 3085.309) / 1214.532
=5.33

* 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 (Dec. 2015) EBITDA data.


Scania AB  (OTCPK:SVKBF) 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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Scania AB (Scania AB) Business Description

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Scania AB was founded in 1891. The Company is engaged in manufacturing & marketing heavy trucks, buses & engines for automotive & marine industries. It also offers spare parts, maintenance & driver training, short-term truck rentals and fleet management services & financing. The company's operations are divided into two different operating segments, the Vehicles and Services operating segment encompasses the following products: trucks, buses and engines, including the services associated with these products and the Financial Services operating segment provides financial solutions to Scania customers, such as loan financing, lease contracts and insurance solutions. The sales of the Company's products occur in all five geographic areas. Financial Services is found mainly in the European markets and to a lesser extent in the others. The Company's research and development work occurs in Sweden. Manufacturing of trucks, buses and industrial and marine engines occurs in Sweden, Argentina, Brazil, France, the Netherlands, Poland and Russia.

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