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Bell Equipment (JSE:BEL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.63 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Bell Equipment Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Bell Equipment's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R1,706 Mil. Bell Equipment's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R591 Mil. Bell Equipment's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R1,409 Mil. Bell Equipment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.63.

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 Bell Equipment's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:BEL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.01   Med: 1.87   Max: 4.74
Current: 1.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Bell Equipment was 4.74. The lowest was 1.01. And the median was 1.87.

JSE:BEL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
53.61% of 166 companies
in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry
Industry Median: 2.06 vs JSE:BEL: 1.80

Bell Equipment Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bell Equipment'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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Bell Equipment Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Bell Equipment Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.23 4.74 1.62 1.77 1.52

Bell Equipment Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 3.39 2.63 2.07 1.93 1.63

Competitive Comparison of Bell Equipment's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery subindustry, Bell Equipment'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.


Bell Equipment's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery Industry

For the Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery industry and Industrials sector, Bell Equipment's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Bell Equipment Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Bell Equipment's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1706.335 + 590.917) / 1513.238
=1.52

Bell Equipment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1706.335 + 590.917) / 1408.872
=1.63

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Bell Equipment  (JSE:BEL) 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.


Bell Equipment Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Bell Equipment (JSE:BEL) Business Description

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Address
13 -19 Carbonode Cell Road, Alton, Richards Bay, ZAF, 3900
Bell Equipment Ltd is engaged in the manufacturing and distribution of material handling machines in South Africa. Its products include articulated dump trucks, haulage tractors, tractor loader backhoes, front-end loaders, sugar cane, and timber-loading equipment and construction equipment such as graders, dozers, and excavators. It machine are used for mining, construction, forestry, sugar, and related industries. It operates through below operation Manufacturing, assembly, logistics, and dealer sales operations and Direct Sales operation.

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