Arabian Cement Co (CAI:ARCC) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.04 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Arabian Cement Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Arabian Cement Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was E£39 Mil. Arabian Cement Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was E£1 Mil. Arabian Cement Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was E£1,164 Mil. Arabian Cement Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.03.

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 Arabian Cement Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CAI:ARCC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04 Med: 1.47 Max: 2.48
Current: 0.04

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Arabian Cement Co was 2.48. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 1.47.

CAI:ARCC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
97.17% of 318 companies
in the Building Materials industry
Industry Median: 2.165 vs CAI:ARCC: 0.04

Arabian Cement Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Arabian Cement Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Arabian Cement Co Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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1.49

2.48

1.68

0.87

0.08

Arabian Cement Co Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.46	0.60	0.10	0.07	0.04

Competitive Comparison of Arabian Cement Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Building Materials subindustry, Arabian Cement Co'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.

Arabian Cement Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

For the Building Materials industry and Basic Materials sector, Arabian Cement Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Arabian Cement Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Arabian Cement Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Arabian Cement Co'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
	=	(99.556	+	1.739)	/	1256.701
	=	0.08

Arabian Cement Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(39.254	+	1.378)	/	1163.848
	=	0.03

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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.

Arabian Cement Co (CAI:ARCC) 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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Arabian Cement Co (CAI:ARCC) Business Description

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Gamal Abdel Naser Square (Gharb Arabella), Fifth Settlement Arabella Plaza, 5th Floor, Office Building (A), New Cairo, EGY, 11835

Website

http://www.arabiancement.com

Arabian Cement Co is engaged in the business of manufacturing and selling clinker, cement, and other related products and usage of mines and extraction of all mining materials required to produce construction materials and road transportation of all the company's products. The company sells its products in Egypt and exports it to other countries, of which key revenue is derived within Egypt. Its products include Clinker, Cement and Concrete. Some of its brands are Al Mosalah and Al Nasr. It also offers delivery services through Express Wassal.