Svenska Cellulosa AB (CHIX:SCABS) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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CHIX:SCABS Svenska Cellulosa AB CHIX:SCABS
71 GF Score
Price kr111.65
GF Value kr145.77
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 8 Warning Signs
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What is Svenska Cellulosa AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Svenska Cellulosa AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was kr2,699 Mil. Svenska Cellulosa AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was kr12,844 Mil. Svenska Cellulosa AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was kr4,932 Mil. Svenska Cellulosa AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 3.15.

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 Svenska Cellulosa AB's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CHIX:SCABs' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 1.89   Max: 10.56
Current: 0.09

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Svenska Cellulosa AB was 10.56. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 1.89.

CHIX:SCABs's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
96.63% of 208 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 3.205 vs CHIX:SCABs: 0.09

Svenska Cellulosa AB  (CHIX:SCABs) 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.

Svenska Cellulosa AB Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Svenska Cellulosa AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Svenska Cellulosa AB'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.

Svenska Cellulosa AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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CHIX:SCABS vs SLVM: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Svenska Cellulosa AB'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.

Svenska Cellulosa AB Debt-to-EBITDA vs Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Svenska Cellulosa AB's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Svenska Cellulosa AB's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.


CHIX:SCABS
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Svenska Cellulosa AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Svenska Cellulosa AB's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1983 + 12620) / 7079
=2.06

Svenska Cellulosa AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2699 + 12844) / 4932
=3.15

* 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 (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Svenska Cellulosa AB (CHIX:SCABS) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Svenska Cellulosa AB stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of kr111.65 is trading 23.4% below its estimated GF Value™ of kr145.77. GuruFocus considers Svenska Cellulosa AB to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for CHIX:SCABS:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: kr145.77 vs. price of kr111.65 (23.4% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 71/100 with 8 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the CHIX:SCABS stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Svenska Cellulosa AB Business Description

Address Skepparplatsen 1, Sundsvall, SWE, SE-851 88
Svenska Cellulosa AB is Europe's private forest owner, engaged in different business segments such as the Forest segment, which generates key revenue, and supplies its industries with timber. The Wood segment includes five sawmills in northern Sweden and wood processing and distribution to the building materials trade in Sweden and France, The Pulp segment encompasses the production and sale of bleached softwood kraft pulp (NBSK) and chemi-thermomechanical pulp (CTMP), which are produced at the Ostrand pulp mill, The Containerboard segment includes packaging paper with kraft liner manufacturing at the Obbola and Munksund paper mills, and The Renewable Energy segment which encompasses production and sales of processed and unprocessed biofuels as well as liquid biofuels.
71GF Score

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