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National Cleaning Co (KUW:CLEANING) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.32 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is National Cleaning Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

National Cleaning Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD9.47 Mil. National Cleaning Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD25.65 Mil. National Cleaning Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD8.13 Mil. National Cleaning Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.32.

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 National Cleaning Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KUW:CLEANING' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -28.58   Med: 4.69   Max: 11.56
Current: 4.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of National Cleaning Co was 11.56. The lowest was -28.58. And the median was 4.69.

KUW:CLEANING's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
59.67% of 181 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 3.48 vs KUW:CLEANING: 4.33

National Cleaning Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for National Cleaning Co'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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National Cleaning Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

National Cleaning Co Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.19 -28.58 10.20 11.56 4.67

National Cleaning Co 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 6.64 4.94 6.27 4.00 4.32

Competitive Comparison of National Cleaning Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Waste Management subindustry, National Cleaning Co'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.


National Cleaning Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, National Cleaning Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



National Cleaning Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

National Cleaning Co'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
=(14.024 + 22.459) / 7.817
=4.67

National Cleaning Co'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
=(9.472 + 25.651) / 8.132
=4.32

* 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.


National Cleaning Co  (KUW:CLEANING) 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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National Cleaning Co (KUW:CLEANING) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Near National Oil Company, P.O Box 25702, North Sabhan, Safat, Kuwait City, KWT, 13118
National Cleaning Co is a Kuwait based company. It has three segments. The Cleaning segment, which is the key revenue driver, includes external cleaning contracts, environment cleaning contracts, and supply and sale of cleaning materials and the materials necessary to remedy environmental pollution. The Agriculture and animal production segment includes contracts for the construction, landscaping, beautifying, and cleaning of parks and related agricultural works and trading in agricultural equipment and anima production. The Financial investment segment includes investing in money market instruments and investment in the management of quoted and unquoted equity in the organized financial market. Geographically, it has a presence in Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey, and India.

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