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Seven West Media (ASX:SWM) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.54 (As of Jun. 2024)


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What is Seven West Media Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Seven West Media's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was A$16 Mil. Seven West Media's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was A$500 Mil. Seven West Media's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was A$146 Mil. Seven West Media's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 3.54.

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 Seven West Media's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:SWM' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -8.64   Med: 1.1   Max: 2.14
Current: 2.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Seven West Media was 2.14. The lowest was -8.64. And the median was 1.10.

ASX:SWM's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
55.84% of 659 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.66 vs ASX:SWM: 2.14

Seven West Media Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Seven West Media'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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Seven West Media Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Seven West Media Annual Data
Trend Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -8.64 1.12 1.09 1.33 2.14

Seven West Media Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24
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 1.25 1.01 1.84 1.44 3.54

Competitive Comparison of Seven West Media's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Entertainment subindustry, Seven West Media'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.


Seven West Media's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Seven West Media's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Seven West Media's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Seven West Media Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Seven West Media's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(15.62 + 500.038) / 241.548
=2.13

Seven West Media's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(15.62 + 500.038) / 145.858
=3.54

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Seven West Media  (ASX:SWM) 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.


Seven West Media Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Seven West Media Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
50 Hasler Road, Osborne Park, Newspaper House, Perth, WA, AUS, 6017
Seven West Media operates Seven Network, a free-to-air television TV network spread across five capital cities of Australia, as well as many regional markets via Prime. It also owns most of the newspapers circulating in Western Australia (including the monopoly Perth masthead, The West Australian). In the Australian online space, Seven West Media operates broadcast video on demand, or BVOD, streaming service called 7plus.

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