Alpha Pro Tech (FRA:APL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.29 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Alpha Pro Tech Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Alpha Pro Tech's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €0.79 Mil. Alpha Pro Tech's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €7.31 Mil. Alpha Pro Tech's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €3.54 Mil. Alpha Pro Tech's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.29.

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 Alpha Pro Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:APL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.11 Med: 0.33 Max: 1.9
Current: 1.9

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Alpha Pro Tech was 1.90. The lowest was 0.11. And the median was 0.33.

FRA:APL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
55.98% of 1354 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.32 vs FRA:APL: 1.90

Alpha Pro Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alpha Pro Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Alpha Pro Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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0.89

0.11

0.31

0.33

0.96

Alpha Pro Tech Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.19	1.00	4.16	1.18	2.29

Competitive Comparison of Alpha Pro Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Alpha Pro Tech'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.

Alpha Pro Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Alpha Pro Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Alpha Pro Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Alpha Pro Tech'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
	=	(0.606	+	3.839)	/	4.637
	=	0.96

Alpha Pro Tech'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
	=	(0.785	+	7.31)	/	3.54
	=	2.29

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.

Alpha Pro Tech (FRA:APL) 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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53 Wellington Street East, Aurora, ON, CAN, L4G 1H6

Website

https://www.alphaprotech.com

Alpha Pro Tech Ltd is involved in the business of developing, manufacturing, and marketing of disposable protective apparel, building supply, and infection control products principally in the United States. It operates its business through segment which includes Building Supply and Disposable Protective Apparel. It mainly offers a line of construction supply weatherization products, namely house wrap and synthetic roof underlayment as well as other woven material, different styles of disposable products like shoe covers, bouffant caps, gowns, coveralls, lab coats, frocks and other miscellaneous products. It also provides face masks and eye shields. It generates most of its revenues from the sale of products across the United States.

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