AIQUF (Air Liquide) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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AIQUF Air Liquide SA AIQUF
90 GF Score
Price $187.80
GF Value $176.22
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Air Liquide Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Air Liquide's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $5,741 Mil. Air Liquide's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $13,991 Mil. Air Liquide's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $9,579 Mil. Air Liquide's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 2.06.

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 Air Liquide's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

AIQUF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.74   Med: 2.31   Max: 3.59
Current: 2.26

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Air Liquide was 3.59. The lowest was 1.74. And the median was 2.31.

AIQUF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
53.54% of 1270 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs AIQUF: 2.26

Air Liquide  (OTCPK:AIQUF) 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.


Air Liquide Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Air Liquide Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Air Liquide'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.

Air Liquide Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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AIQUF vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Air Liquide'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.


Air Liquide Debt-to-EBITDA vs Chemicals Industry

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

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


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Air Liquide Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Air Liquide's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3021.39007 + 12994.467135) / 8899.0628559995
=1.80

Air Liquide's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(5741.42394 + 13990.67643) / 9579.4727353704
=2.06

* 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. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Air Liquide (AIQUF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Air Liquide stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $187.80 is trading 6.6% above its estimated GF Value™ of $176.22. GuruFocus considers Air Liquide to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for AIQUF:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $176.22 vs. price of $187.80 (6.6% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 90/100 with 5 warning signs

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Air Liquide Business Description

Address 1, Paris, FRA, 75007
Founded in 1902, Air Liquide is one of the leading industrial gas companies in the world, serving over 3.8 million customers in 78 countries. The company generated approximately EUR 27.9 billion of revenue in 2025, serving a wide range of industries, including chemicals, energy, healthcare, food and beverage, and electronics. Air Liquide employs approximately 65,000 people.
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