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Italcementi SpA (Italcementi SpA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 15.60 (As of Jun. 2016)


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What is Italcementi SpA Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Italcementi SpA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was $1,145 Mil. Italcementi SpA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was $1,751 Mil. Italcementi SpA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was $186 Mil. Italcementi SpA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 was 15.60.

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

ITAMF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Building Materials industry.
Industry Median: 2.155
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Italcementi SpA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Italcementi SpA'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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Italcementi SpA Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Italcementi SpA Annual Data
Trend Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.85 5.00 5.07 4.35 4.73

Italcementi SpA Quarterly Data
Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Jun16
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 8.00 3.31 - 6.55 15.60

Competitive Comparison of Italcementi SpA's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Building Materials subindustry, Italcementi SpA'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.


Italcementi SpA's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Building Materials Industry

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

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



Italcementi SpA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Italcementi SpA's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2015 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(749.753 + 2282.71) / 641.702
=4.73

Italcementi SpA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1144.583 + 1751.078) / 185.628
=15.60

* 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. 2016) EBITDA data.


Italcementi SpA  (OTCPK:ITAMF) 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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Italcementi SpA (Italcementi SpA) Business Description

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Italcementi SpA was incorporated in 1864. It is a cement manufacturing company. The Company engages in manufacturing and distributing of three main product lines, including cement, aggregates, and ready mixed concrete. The Company's business segments are operations relating to the production and sale of cement and clinker; operations relating to construction materials: ready mixed concrete and aggregates and other operations such as: transport, engineering, e-business and energy. The Company operates its business in Albania, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Gambia, Greece, India, Italy, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Mauritania, Spain, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, and the United States.

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