Nagase (FRA:P22) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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FRA:P22 Nagase & Co Ltd FRA:P22
79 GF Score
Price €6.35
GF Value €5.16
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What is Nagase Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Nagase's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €576 Mil. Nagase's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €574 Mil. Nagase's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €526 Mil. Nagase's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 2.19.

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

FRA:P22' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.08   Med: 2.9   Max: 3.57
Current: 2.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Nagase was 3.57. The lowest was 2.08. And the median was 2.90.

FRA:P22's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
59.37% of 1270 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs FRA:P22: 2.75

Nagase  (FRA:P22) 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.


Nagase Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Nagase Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Nagase'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.

Nagase Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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FRA:P22 vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Nagase'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.


Nagase Debt-to-EBITDA vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Nagase's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


FRA:P22
79GF Score
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Nagase Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Nagase's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(463.44451102619 + 578.69599411573) / 394.73027406446
=2.64

Nagase's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(576.33719848495 + 573.85623400113) / 525.92260695028
=2.19

* 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 (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Nagase (FRA:P22) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Nagase stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €6.35 is trading 23.1% above its estimated GF Value™ of €5.16.

Key valuation signals for FRA:P22:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €5.16 vs. price of €6.35 (23.1% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 79/100 with 1 warning sign

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:P22 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Nagase Business Description

Other Exchanges NGSCF:USA8012:Japan
Address 1-1-17 Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka, JPN, 550-8668
Nagase & Co Ltd is a Japan-based trading company focused on chemicals and related products. The company operates through five segments. The Electronics and Energy segment covers semiconductors, components, AR/VR, renewable energy, and displays. The Functional Material segment handles paints, inks, resins, chemicals, films, and sanitary materials. The Life Related segment offers pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, food ingredients, cosmetics, reagents, and medical devices. The Mobility segment provides materials and products for batteries, electrification, in-vehicle electronics, and autonomous driving. The Processing Material segment deals with plastics, resins, molding machines, and molds, while Others includes information processing and functional services.
79GF Score

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