JCDXF (JCDecaux SE) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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JCDXF JCDecaux SE JCDXF
79 GF Score
Price $21.50
GF Value $17.31
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What is JCDecaux SE Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

JCDecaux SE's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $785 Mil. JCDecaux SE's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $3,804 Mil. JCDecaux SE's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $1,441 Mil. JCDecaux SE's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 3.19.

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

JCDXF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.91   Med: 3.89   Max: 10.9
Current: 2.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of JCDecaux SE was 10.90. The lowest was 2.91. And the median was 3.89.

JCDXF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
64.82% of 685 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.61 vs JCDXF: 2.91

JCDecaux SE  (OTCPK:JCDXF) 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.

JCDecaux SE Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

JCDecaux SE Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for JCDecaux SE'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.

JCDecaux SE Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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JCDXF vs APP, OMC, TTD: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, JCDecaux SE'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.

JCDecaux SE Debt-to-EBITDA vs Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, JCDecaux SE's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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JCDecaux SE Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

JCDecaux SE'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
=(767.62052 + 3915.85119) / 1501.3472476711
=3.12

JCDecaux SE'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
=(785.10411 + 3803.7591) / 1440.618692699
=3.19

* 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 two times the quarterly (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is JCDecaux SE (JCDXF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, JCDecaux SE stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $21.50 is trading 24.2% above its estimated GF Value™ of $17.31.

Key valuation signals for JCDXF:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $17.31 vs. price of $21.50 (24.2% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 79/100 with 7 warning signs

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

JCDecaux SE Business Description

Address 17 Rue Soyer, Neuilly-sur-Seine, FRA, 92200
JCDecaux SE is an outdoor advertising company. The company focuses on three main business areas namely Street Furniture, Transport advertising, and Billboard advertising. Street furniture advertising relates to bus stop advertising, newspaper kiosks, public benches, and free-standing panels. Transport which focuses on advertising in land transport networks and airports and Billboard Advertising which concerns the marketing of billboards, neon-light billboards, and advertising wraps. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Street Furniture segment in the form of Advertising. The company has a geographical presence in Europe, Asia-Pacific, France, the Rest of the world, the United kingdom, and North America.
79GF Score

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