Sika AG (CHIX:SIKAZ) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.40 (As of Dec. 2024)

Sika AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sika AG Annual Data
	Trend	Dec15	Dec16	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Dec21	Dec22	Dec23	Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					2.79	2.08	2.01	2.92	2.48

Sika AG Semi-Annual Data
	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23	Jun24	Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.12	4.81	2.54	2.89	2.40

Competitive Comparison of Sika AG's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sika AG'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.

Sika AG's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sika AG's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Sika AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

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

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

* 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 (Dec. 2024) EBITDA data.

Sika AG  (CHIX:SIKAz) 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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