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AstroNova (FRA:AZO) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.03 (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is AstroNova Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

AstroNova's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was €25.6 Mil. AstroNova's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was €20.9 Mil. AstroNova's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was €9.2 Mil. AstroNova's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was 5.03.

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

FRA:AZO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.88   Med: 2.01   Max: 4.19
Current: 4.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of AstroNova was 4.19. The lowest was 0.88. And the median was 2.01.

FRA:AZO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
75.83% of 1725 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.69 vs FRA:AZO: 4.19

AstroNova Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for AstroNova'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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AstroNova Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

AstroNova Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.53 2.01 0.88 3.43 1.72

AstroNova Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
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 1.31 1.07 1.90 5.39 5.03

Competitive Comparison of AstroNova's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, AstroNova'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.


AstroNova's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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


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AstroNova Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

AstroNova's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(10.993 + 9.607) / 11.967
=1.72

AstroNova's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(25.591 + 20.887) / 9.24
=5.03

* 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 (Oct. 2024) EBITDA data.


AstroNova  (FRA:AZO) 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.


AstroNova Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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AstroNova Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 East Greenwich Avenue, West Warwick, RI, USA, 02893
AstroNova Inc designs, develops, manufactures, and distributes a broad range of specialty printers and data acquisition and analysis systems, including both hardware and software, which incorporate technologies to acquire, store, analyze, and present data in multiple formats sold under the QuickLabel, TrojanLabel and GetLabels brand names. Its target markets for hardware and software products include aerospace, apparel, automotive, avionics, chemicals, computer peripherals, communications, distribution, food and beverage, general manufacturing, packaging, and transportation. It has two segments, Product Identification (PI) and Test & Measurement (T&M). It generates the majority of its revenue from the PI segment that includes specialty printing systems and related supplies.