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Compal Electronics (Compal Electronics) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.16 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Compal Electronics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Compal Electronics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,315 Mil. Compal Electronics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $756 Mil. Compal Electronics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $739 Mil. Compal Electronics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.15.

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

CMPCY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.12   Med: 4.95   Max: 5.75
Current: 3.87

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Compal Electronics was 5.75. The lowest was 3.12. And the median was 4.95.

CMPCY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
73% of 1737 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.79 vs CMPCY: 3.87

Compal Electronics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Compal Electronics 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 4.70 5.64 5.74 5.45 3.87

Compal Electronics Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 5.61 5.53 4.46 3.64 4.16

Competitive Comparison of Compal Electronics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, Compal Electronics'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.


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

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

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



Compal Electronics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Compal Electronics'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
=(2315.443 + 755.645) / 794.084
=3.87

Compal Electronics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(2315.443 + 755.645) / 739.132
=4.15

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Compal Electronics  (OTCPK:CMPCY) 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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Compal Electronics (Compal Electronics) Business Description

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No. 581 and No. 581-1, Ruiguang Road, Neihu District, Taipei, TWN, 11492
Compal Electronics Inc is a Taiwan-based original design manufacturer that produces notebook computers, monitors, and televisions for equipment manufacturers. The firm's operations are organized in two reportable segment Information technology products and strategy integrate product segment. The majority of the firm's revenue is generated from the United States, with the rest coming from China, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and Others.

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