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Softcat (CHIX:SCTL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.17 (As of Jan. 2025)


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What is Softcat Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Softcat's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was £3 Mil. Softcat's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was £25 Mil. Softcat's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was £163 Mil. Softcat's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 was 0.17.

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

CHIX:SCTl' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05   Med: 0.07   Max: 0.16
Current: 0.16

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Softcat was 0.16. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.07.

CHIX:SCTl's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
87.49% of 1718 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.735 vs CHIX:SCTl: 0.16

Softcat Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Softcat'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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Softcat Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Softcat Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.10 0.07 0.05 0.07 0.06

Softcat Semi-Annual Data
Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24 Jul24 Jan25
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 0.05 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.17

Competitive Comparison of Softcat's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronics & Computer Distribution subindustry, Softcat'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.


Softcat's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Softcat's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Softcat Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

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

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.253 + 8.105) / 166.466
=0.06

Softcat's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.422 + 24.913) / 162.628
=0.17

* 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 (Jan. 2025) EBITDA data.


Softcat  (CHIX:SCTl) 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.


Softcat Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Softcat Business Description

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Softcat PLC is a information technology infrastructure and service provider. It offers software licensing, workplace technology, networking and security, and cloud and data center solutions to the corporates, public sector organizations and small to medium-sized business segment, of which small to medium-sized business segment is the business provider to the company. The entity earns revenue from offering products like software, hardware, and services, as well as the sale of the company's own services, of which majority of the revenue is derived from offering software products.

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