Liontrust Asset Management (CHIX:LIOL) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Mar. 2026)

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CHIX:LIOL Liontrust Asset Management PLC CHIX:LIOL
74 GF Score
Price £2.71
GF Value £3.33
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
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What is Liontrust Asset Management Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Liontrust Asset Management's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was £0.0 Mil. Liontrust Asset Management's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was £2.0 Mil. Liontrust Asset Management's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was £24.1 Mil. Liontrust Asset Management's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was 0.08.

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 Liontrust Asset Management's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:LIOl' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04   Med: 0.11   Max: 0.34
Current: 0.11

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Liontrust Asset Management was 0.34. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.11.

CHIX:LIOl's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
82.23% of 377 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 1.33 vs CHIX:LIOl: 0.11

Liontrust Asset Management  (CHIX:LIOl) 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.


Liontrust Asset Management Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Liontrust Asset Management Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Liontrust Asset Management'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.

Liontrust Asset Management Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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CHIX:LIOL vs BLK, BX, KKR: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Asset Management subindustry, Liontrust Asset Management'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.


Liontrust Asset Management Debt-to-EBITDA vs Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Liontrust Asset Management's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Liontrust Asset Management's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


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Liontrust Asset Management Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Liontrust Asset Management's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.78 + 1.962) / 24.481
=0.11

Liontrust Asset Management's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 1.962) / 24.092
=0.08

* 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 (Mar. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Liontrust Asset Management (CHIX:LIOL) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Liontrust Asset Management stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of £2.71 is trading 18.6% below its estimated GF Value™ of £3.33. GuruFocus considers Liontrust Asset Management to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for CHIX:LIOL:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: £3.33 vs. price of £2.71 (18.6% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 74/100 with 5 warning signs

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Liontrust Asset Management Business Description

Other Exchanges LIO:UK
Address 2 Savoy Court, London, GBR, WC2R 0EZ
Liontrust Asset Management PLC operates as an investment management company. It offers products such as Unit Trusts, Offshore funds, Segregated Mandates, and Discretionary Portfolio Management Services. It markets its fund internationally to institutional investors, wealth managers, financial advisers, private investors, and wholesale markets such as family offices, private banks, wealth managers, and multi-managers. The company's geographical segments are the United Kingdom, Europe (excluding the UK), Canada, and Australia.
74GF Score

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