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Qube Holdings (ASX:QUB) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.64 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Qube Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Qube Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$291 Mil. Qube Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$2,105 Mil. Qube Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$658 Mil. Qube Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.64.

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 Qube Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:QUB' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.75   Med: 3.19   Max: 10.15
Current: 4

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Qube Holdings was 10.15. The lowest was 1.75. And the median was 3.19.

ASX:QUB's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
64.47% of 850 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.815 vs ASX:QUB: 4.00

Qube Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Qube Holdings'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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Qube Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Qube Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.23 4.90 10.15 4.00 3.60

Qube Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 3.85 3.74 3.33 3.77 3.64

Competitive Comparison of Qube Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Qube Holdings'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.


Qube Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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



Qube Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Qube Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(418.2 + 1619.7) / 566.1
=3.60

Qube Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(291.4 + 2105) / 658.2
=3.64

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Qube Holdings  (ASX:QUB) 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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Qube Holdings (ASX:QUB) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
45 Clarence Street, Level 27, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2000
Qube has three main divisions: operating; property; and Patrick. Operating undertakes road/rail transportation of containers to and from port, operation of container parks, customs/quarantine services, warehousing, intermodal terminals, international freight forwarding, domestic stevedoring, and bulk transport. Patrick is the container terminals business acquired from Asciano, and the property division includes tactical land holdings in Sydney.

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