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Klabin (Klabin) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.14 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Klabin Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Klabin's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $586 Mil. Klabin's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $6,509 Mil. Klabin's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,713 Mil. Klabin's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.14.

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

KLBAY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -20.4   Med: 4.04   Max: 8.98
Current: 4.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Klabin was 8.98. The lowest was -20.40. And the median was 4.04.

KLBAY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
57.08% of 219 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 3.29 vs KLBAY: 4.24

Klabin Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Klabin'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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Klabin Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Klabin 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 6.91 -20.40 4.35 2.62 3.73

Klabin Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 2.70 2.91 4.78 3.90 4.14

Competitive Comparison of Klabin's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Klabin'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.


Klabin's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Klabin's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Klabin Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Klabin'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
=(379.479 + 6409.48) / 1820.999
=3.73

Klabin's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(586.054 + 6508.661) / 1712.736
=4.14

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Klabin  (OTCPK:KLBAY) 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.


Klabin Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Klabin (Klabin) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima 3600, 3rd, 4th and 5th Floor, Itaim Bibi, Sao Paulo, SP, BRA, 04538-132
Klabin SA manufactures and sells timber, pulp, and a variety of paper products. It owns and operates forests in Brazil and harvests timber. The timber is either sold to third parties or transported to the firm's mills, which produce pulp and paper products. The firm organizes itself into four segments based on product type: forestry, paper, conversion, and pulp. The forestry segment involves operations related to planting and growing pine and eucalyptus trees and selling timber to third parties; the other segments involve the production and sale of paper products. The paper and pulp segments contribute heavily to the company's overall revenue. Klabin has a global presence.

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