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Wave Exponential PCL (BKK:WAVE) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.57 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Wave Exponential PCL Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Wave Exponential PCL's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ฿38.2 Mil. Wave Exponential PCL's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ฿61.6 Mil. Wave Exponential PCL's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ฿175.0 Mil. Wave Exponential PCL's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.57.

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 Wave Exponential PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BKK:WAVE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.78   Med: 5.24   Max: 72.21
Current: 1.67

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Wave Exponential PCL was 72.21. The lowest was -1.78. And the median was 5.24.

BKK:WAVE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.56% of 178 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.66 vs BKK:WAVE: 1.67

Wave Exponential PCL Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wave Exponential PCL'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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Wave Exponential PCL Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Wave Exponential PCL 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 10.42 6.48 -0.71 -1.78 1.26

Wave Exponential PCL Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.81 1.77 -5.82 2.02 0.57

Competitive Comparison of Wave Exponential PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Wave Exponential PCL'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.


Wave Exponential PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Wave Exponential PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Wave Exponential PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Wave Exponential PCL Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Wave Exponential PCL'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
=(25.311 + 21.545) / 37.261
=1.26

Wave Exponential PCL's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(38.225 + 61.565) / 175.044
=0.57

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Wave Exponential PCL  (BKK:WAVE) 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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Wave Exponential PCL Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
New Petchaburi Road, 2445/19 Tararom Business Tower, 14th Floor, Huai Khwang District, Bang Kapi Sub-district, Bangkok, THA, 10310
Wave Exponential PCL is principally engaged in the businesses of investment in other companies, operations of English language institutions, integrated carbon credit, and wellness health care. The company's business segments include Language institutions, Integrated carbon credit business, and Wellness health care business. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Language Institutions segment.

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