Sun Communities (FRA:SCZ) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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FRA:SCZ Sun Communities Inc FRA:SCZ
67 GF Score
Price €99.00
GF Value €100.13
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sun Communities's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €1 Mil. Sun Communities's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €3,544 Mil. Sun Communities's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €708 Mil. Sun Communities's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 5.01.

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

FRA:SCZ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5   Med: 6.42   Max: 14.89
Current: 5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sun Communities was 14.89. The lowest was 5.00. And the median was 6.42.

FRA:SCZ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
63.7% of 573 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 6.32 vs FRA:SCZ: 5.00

Sun Communities  (FRA:SCZ) 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.


Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Sun Communities'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.

Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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FRA:SCZ vs MAA, INVH, ELS: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the REIT - Residential subindustry, Sun Communities'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.


Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA vs REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, Sun Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


FRA:SCZ
67GF Score
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Sun Communities Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sun Communities's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(460.89658989314 + 3207.4588105071) / 617.32554639687
=5.94

Sun Communities'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
=(1.3994577101373 + 3544.3015831365) / 708.00133475148
=5.01

* 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 Sun Communities (FRA:SCZ) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Sun Communities stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €99.00 is trading 1.1% below its estimated GF Value™ of €100.13. GuruFocus considers Sun Communities to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for FRA:SCZ:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €100.13 vs. price of €99.00 (1.1% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 67/100 with 7 warning signs

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


Sun Communities Business Description

Industry Real EstateREITs
Other Exchanges SUI:USAS2UI34:Brazil
Address 27777 Franklin Road, Suite 300, Southfield, MI, USA, 48034
Sun Communities is a residential REIT that focuses on owning manufactured housing and residential vehicle communities. The company currently owns a portfolio of 513 properties, which includes 347 manufactured housing communities and 166 residential vehicle communities. Sun targets owning properties that are desirable as second homes or vacation properties, with nearly 50% of the portfolio located in either Florida or Michigan near major bodies of water.
67GF Score

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