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Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co (FRA:N9L) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.65 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €570 Mil. Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €432 Mil. Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €177 Mil. Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.65.

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 Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:N9L' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.8   Med: 4.03   Max: 8.76
Current: 8.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co was 8.76. The lowest was 2.80. And the median was 4.03.

FRA:N9L's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
84.21% of 532 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 2.04 vs FRA:N9L: 8.76

Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co'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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Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.04 5.14 3.31 5.04 4.02

Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 7.96 12.41 16.65 5.65 7.38

Competitive Comparison of Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Aluminum subindustry, Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co'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.


Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co'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
=(569.912 + 388.606) / 238.415
=4.02

Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co'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
=(569.83 + 432.376) / 177.464
=5.65

* 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.


Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co  (FRA:N9L) 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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Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co (FRA:N9L) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Tennozu Yusen Building, 2-2-20 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 140-8628
Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co Ltd manufactures and sells alumina, aluminum, and fabricated products to customers worldwide. The company produces alloys, spark plug components, car suspension parts and aluminum sheets for the automotive industry and rolling stocks and truck cargo gates for the transportation industry. Nippon also manufactures other alloys, aluminum and alumina products for multiple end customers including the electrical, food, and construction industries. The company has operations throughout Asia as well as the United States and France.

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