CADNF (Cascades) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.47 (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Cascades Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cascades's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $177 Mil. Cascades's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $1,313 Mil. Cascades's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $272 Mil. Cascades's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 5.47.

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

CADNF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.14 Med: 4.51 Max: 7.06
Current: 5.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cascades was 7.06. The lowest was 2.14. And the median was 4.51.

CADNF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
77.68% of 336 companies
in the Packaging & Containers industry
Industry Median: 2.71 vs CADNF: 5.40

Cascades Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cascades's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Cascades Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cascades Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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3.70

5.08

7.06

5.87

5.36

Cascades Quarterly Data
	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24	Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															9.88	6.49	4.94	4.71	5.47

Competitive Comparison of Cascades's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, Cascades'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.

Cascades's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Cascades's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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Cascades Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cascades's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(176.879	+	1313.259)	/	277.953
	=	5.36

Cascades's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(176.879	+	1313.259)	/	272.34
	=	5.47

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. 2024) EBITDA data.

Cascades (OTCPK:CADNF) 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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Cascades Business Description

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Address

404 Marie-Victorin Boulevard, C.P. 30, Kingsey Falls, QC, CAN, J0A 1B0

Website

https://www.cascades.com

Cascades Inc is a paper and packaging company that produces, converts, and sells packaging and tissue products composed predominantly of recycled fibres. Its customer base includes food processing companies, the maintenance industry, accommodations and housing industry, micro-businesses, and boutiques. The products are marketed through brands such as Cascades Fresh, Cascades Protect, Cascades IMGN, Cascades PRO, and Cascades Fluff & Tuff, among others. The company is organized into three main business segments; Containerboard, Specialty Products (which constitutes packaging products), and Tissue Papers. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Containerboard segment. Geographically, the company derives maximum revenue from the United States and the rest from Canada.