BQE Water (FRA:UL5A) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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FRA:UL5A BQE Water Inc FRA:UL5A
78 GF Score
Price €42.20
GF Value €42.22
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is BQE Water Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

BQE Water's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €0.11 Mil. BQE Water's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €1.12 Mil. BQE Water's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €2.95 Mil. BQE Water's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 0.41.

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

FRA:UL5A' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -71.33   Med: 0.32   Max: 0.93
Current: 0.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of BQE Water was 0.93. The lowest was -71.33. And the median was 0.32.

FRA:UL5A's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
81.98% of 172 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 2.925 vs FRA:UL5A: 0.93

BQE Water  (FRA:UL5A) 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.


BQE Water Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


BQE Water Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for BQE Water'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.

BQE Water Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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FRA:UL5A vs WM, RSG, WCN: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Waste Management subindustry, BQE Water'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.


BQE Water Debt-to-EBITDA vs Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, BQE Water's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


FRA:UL5A
78GF Score
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BQE Water Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

BQE Water'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
=(0.088880063509808 + 0.9540521903272) / 4.466202587961
=0.23

BQE Water'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
=(0.10519236571159 + 1.117264769153) / 2.9490876948731
=0.41

* 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 BQE Water (FRA:UL5A) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, BQE Water stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of €42.20 is trading 0% below its estimated GF Value™ of €42.22. GuruFocus considers BQE Water to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for FRA:UL5A:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €42.22 vs. price of €42.20 (0% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 78/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the FRA:UL5A stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


BQE Water Business Description

Other Exchanges BTQNF:USABQE:Canada
Address 30 East 6th Avenue, Suite 200, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V5T 1J4
BQE Water Inc is a service provider specializing in water treatment and management for metals mining, smelting and refining. It is helping to transform the way the industry thinks about water in the context of natural resource projects by offering services and expertise that enable more sustainable water management practices and improved overall project performance at reduced risks. BQE Water invests in and has developed intellectual property through the commercialization of several new technologies at mine sites around the world for organizations including Glencore, Jiangxi Copper, Freeport-McMoRan and the US EPA.
78GF Score

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