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Samsung Electronics Co (CHIX:SMSDL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.20 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Samsung Electronics Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Samsung Electronics Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $9,880 Mil. Samsung Electronics Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $2,844 Mil. Samsung Electronics Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $64,997 Mil. Samsung Electronics Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.20.

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

CHIX:SMSDl' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.12   Med: 0.25   Max: 0.3
Current: 0.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Samsung Electronics Co was 0.30. The lowest was 0.12. And the median was 0.25.

CHIX:SMSDl's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
83.18% of 1724 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.885 vs CHIX:SMSDl: 0.23

Samsung Electronics Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Samsung Electronics Co'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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Samsung Electronics Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Samsung Electronics Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.30 0.30 0.21 0.12 0.25

Samsung Electronics Co Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.18 0.24 0.22 0.19 0.20

Competitive Comparison of Samsung Electronics Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Samsung Electronics 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.


Samsung Electronics Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Samsung Electronics Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Samsung Electronics 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
=(6457.767 + 3267.775) / 38794.304
=0.25

Samsung Electronics Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(9879.699 + 2844.351) / 64997.196
=0.20

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Samsung Electronics Co  (CHIX:SMSDl) 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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Samsung Electronics Co Business Description

Address
129, Samsung-ro, Yeongtong-gu, Gyeonggi-do, Suwon-si, KOR, 443-742
Samsung Electronics is a diversified electronics conglomerate that manufactures and sells a wide range of products, including smartphones, semiconductor chips, printers, home appliances, medical equipment, and telecom network equipment. More than half of its profit is generated from semiconductor business, and a further 20-25% is generated from its mobile handset business, although these percentages vary with the fortunes of each of these businesses. It is the largest smartphone and television manufacturer in the world, which helps provide a base demand for its component businesses, such as memory chips and displays, and is also the largest manufacturer of these globally.

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