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Inter Cars (FRA:7FZ) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.18 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Inter Cars Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Inter Cars's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €331 Mil. Inter Cars's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €437 Mil. Inter Cars's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €352 Mil. Inter Cars's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.18.

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

FRA:7FZ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.71   Med: 2.67   Max: 3.6
Current: 2.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Inter Cars was 3.60. The lowest was 1.71. And the median was 2.67.

FRA:7FZ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
52.89% of 1074 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 2.39 vs FRA:7FZ: 2.61

Inter Cars Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Inter Cars'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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Inter Cars Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Inter Cars 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 3.60 2.52 1.71 2.21 2.39

Inter Cars 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 1.93 3.23 2.61 2.29 2.18

Competitive Comparison of Inter Cars's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Inter Cars'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.


Inter Cars's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Inter Cars's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Inter Cars Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Inter Cars'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
=(339.578 + 386.547) / 303.362
=2.39

Inter Cars'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
=(331.396 + 437.452) / 352.216
=2.18

* 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.


Inter Cars  (FRA:7FZ) 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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Inter Cars Business Description

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Address
Ul Powsinska 64, Warsaw, POL, 02-903
Inter Cars SA is engaged in the import and distribution of spare parts and tyres for passenger cars and utility vehicles. The company's product offerings include Spare parts for passenger cars, Spare parts for commercial vehicles and buses, tyres, batteries, lubricants, garage equipment, motorcycles, and parts, Accessories, and other sales - services.

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