Tialis Essential IT (FRA:U6M) Debt-to-EBITDA : 10.42 (As of Dec. 2025) — 287% Above Median

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What is Tialis Essential IT Debt-to-EBITDA?

Tialis Essential IT FRA:U6M 35 Debt-to-EBITDA is 10.42 as of Dec. 2025, which is 287% above its 10-year median of 2.69. GuruFocus rates FRA:U6M with a GF Score™ of 35/100. The stock has 3 warning signs investors should review. Among 1,722 Software companies, Tialis Essential IT ranks worse than 93.44% on this metric.

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

Tialis Essential IT's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was €0.40 Mil. Tialis Essential IT's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was €3.56 Mil. Tialis Essential IT's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was €0.38 Mil. Tialis Essential IT's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was 10.42.

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 Tialis Essential IT's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:U6M' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -24.56   Med: 2.69   Max: 18.95
Current: 10.13

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Tialis Essential IT was 18.95. The lowest was -24.56. And the median was 2.69.

FRA:U6M's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
93.44% of 1722 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.08 vs FRA:U6M: 10.13

Tialis Essential IT  (FRA:U6M) 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.


Tialis Essential IT Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Tialis Essential IT Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Tialis Essential IT'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.

Tialis Essential IT Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Tialis Essential IT Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24 Dec25
Debt-to-EBITDA
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Tialis Essential IT Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
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 3.99 4.12 -3.10 12.44 10.42

FRA:U6M vs IBM, ACN, FISV: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Information Technology Services subindustry, Tialis Essential IT'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.


Tialis Essential IT Debt-to-EBITDA vs Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Tialis Essential IT's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Tialis Essential IT Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Tialis Essential IT'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
=(0.399 + 3.562) / 0.391
=10.13

Tialis Essential IT's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(0.399 + 3.562) / 0.38
=10.42

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2025) EBITDA data.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Debt-to-EBITDA →
What does a Debt-to-EBITDA of 10.42 mean?
Tialis Essential IT (FRA:U6M) has a Debt-to-EBITDA of 10.42 as of Dec. 2025. Debt-to-EBITDA ratio represents the ratio of total debt to total earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. View historical data on Tialis Essential IT. This is 287% above median its historical median of 2.69. According to the industry distribution chart, Tialis Essential IT ranks #1609 out of 1722 companies in the Software industry, placing it in the top 93.4%.
Is Tialis Essential IT's Debt-to-EBITDA too high?
Tialis Essential IT's current Debt-to-EBITDA of 10.42 is 287% above median its 10-year median of 2.69. The Software industry median Debt-to-EBITDA is 1.08. Tialis Essential IT's value of 10.42 is 864.8% above this industry median. Based on the distribution chart, Tialis Essential IT ranks #1609 out of 1722 companies in the Software industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers. Overall, Tialis Essential IT has a GF Score™ of 35/100, reflecting its overall financial health beyond just this single metric.
How does Tialis Essential IT's Debt-to-EBITDA compare to IBM and ACN?
According to the Software industry distribution chart, Tialis Essential IT ranks #1609 out of 1722 companies for Debt-to-EBITDA. This places Tialis Essential IT in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Debt-to-EBITDA is 1.08. Tialis Essential IT's value of 10.42 is 864.8% above this benchmark. While the company's 10-year median is 2.69 vs. the industry median of 1.08, Tialis Essential IT has consistently been above the industry average. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Debt-to-EBITDA for a Software company?
The median Debt-to-EBITDA among Software companies is 1.08, based on 1,722 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Debt-to-EBITDA significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Debt-to-EBITDA should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Tialis Essential IT's current Debt-to-EBITDA of 10.42 is 864.8% above the industry median. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Debt-to-EBITDA mean?
A high Debt-to-EBITDA can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Debt-to-EBITDA ratio represents the ratio of total debt to total earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. View historical data on Tialis Essential IT. For the Software industry, the median Debt-to-EBITDA is 1.08 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Tialis Essential IT's current Debt-to-EBITDA is 10.42, which is 287% above median its own 10-year median of 2.69. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Tialis Essential IT stock overvalued right now?
Tialis Essential IT (FRA:U6M) has a current Debt-to-EBITDA of 10.42. The current Debt-to-EBITDA is 10.42, which is 287% above median its 10-year median of 2.69 and 864.8% above the Software industry median of 1.08. Tialis Essential IT's overall GF Score™ is 35/100 with 3 warning signs to review. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Debt-to-EBITDA calculated?
Debt-to-EBITDA is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Tialis Essential IT (FRA:U6M), the current Debt-to-EBITDA is 10.42 as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Tialis Essential IT Business Description

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Tialis Essential IT PLC is a specialist managed service provider with a broad portfolio of IT services and technology solutions. Its principal activities include the provision of end-to-end solutions to enterprise-scale end-customers, and public and private customers, concentrating on end-user device management and on-site support solutions. The company has two operating segment being the provision of end-to-end IT solutions, concentrating on end-user device management and on-site support solutions and AI consulting services. Geographically, it generates a majority of its revenue from the United Kingdom and the rest from Europe.
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