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Britannia Life Sciences (FRA:L020) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.07 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Britannia Life Sciences Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Britannia Life Sciences's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €1.65 Mil. Britannia Life Sciences's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €3.12 Mil. Britannia Life Sciences's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €0.94 Mil. Britannia Life Sciences's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 5.07.

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 Britannia Life Sciences's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:L020' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.55   Med: 0.37   Max: 13.28
Current: -1.18

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Britannia Life Sciences was 13.28. The lowest was -2.55. And the median was 0.37.

FRA:L020's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 278 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.54 vs FRA:L020: -1.18

Britannia Life Sciences Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Britannia Life Sciences'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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Britannia Life Sciences Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Britannia Life Sciences Annual Data
Trend Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
13.27 -0.48 1.21 -2.55

Britannia Life Sciences Quarterly Data
Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 2.45 -0.33 -5.26 -3.33 5.07

Competitive Comparison of Britannia Life Sciences's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, Britannia Life Sciences'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.


Britannia Life Sciences's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, Britannia Life Sciences's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Britannia Life Sciences Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Britannia Life Sciences's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.514 + 3.439) / -1.94
=-2.55

Britannia Life Sciences's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1.648 + 3.115) / 0.94
=5.07

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Britannia Life Sciences  (FRA:L020) 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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Britannia Life Sciences Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
120 Adelaide Street West, Suite 2400, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5H 1T1
Britannia Life Sciences Inc provides product testing, safety assessment and compliance services to the cosmetic, consumer packaged goods and nutraceutical industries in the United Kingdom and globally.

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