JMPLY (Johnson Matthey) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Mar. 2026)

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JMPLY Johnson Matthey PLC JMPLY
69 GF Score
Price $62.25
GF Value $57.17
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 4 Warning Signs
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What is Johnson Matthey Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Johnson Matthey's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $78 Mil. Johnson Matthey's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $1,775 Mil. Johnson Matthey's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $482 Mil. Johnson Matthey's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was 3.85.

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 Johnson Matthey's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

JMPLY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.58   Med: 2.46   Max: 3.47
Current: 3.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Johnson Matthey was 3.47. The lowest was 1.58. And the median was 2.46.

JMPLY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
66.61% of 1270 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs JMPLY: 3.47

Johnson Matthey  (OTCPK:JMPLY) 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.

Johnson Matthey Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Johnson Matthey Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Johnson Matthey'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.

Johnson Matthey Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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JMPLY vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Johnson Matthey'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.

Johnson Matthey Debt-to-EBITDA vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Johnson Matthey's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


JMPLY
69GF Score
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Johnson Matthey Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Johnson Matthey's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(77.8033 + 1774.9702) / 430.16554443413
=4.31

Johnson Matthey's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(77.8033 + 1774.9702) / 481.84055244412
=3.85

* 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 (Mar. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Johnson Matthey (JMPLY) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Johnson Matthey stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $62.25 is trading 8.9% above its estimated GF Value™ of $57.17. GuruFocus considers Johnson Matthey to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for JMPLY:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $57.17 vs. price of $62.25 (8.9% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 69/100 with 4 warning signs

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

Johnson Matthey Business Description

Address 2 Gresham Street, 5th Floor, London, GBR, EC2V 7AD
Johnson Matthey PLC is a platinum group metals (PGMs) company. It uses metal chemistry, catalysis, and process engineering and provides technology and expertise to energy, chemicals, and automotive companies to decarbonise, reduce harmful emissions, and improve sustainability. Its segments include Clean Air, PGM Services, Catalyst Technologies, Hydrogen Technologies and Value Businesses. The company generates maximum revenue from the PGM Services segment, which enables the energy transition through providing circular solutions as demand for scarce critical materials increases, provides a strategic service to the group supporting the other segments with security of metal supply, and manufactures value-added PGM products. The company derives key revenue from the United Kingdom.
69GF Score

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