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Centaur Media (LSE:CAU) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.19 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Centaur Media Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Centaur Media's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.95 Mil. Centaur Media's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £1.03 Mil. Centaur Media's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £10.69 Mil. Centaur Media's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.18.

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

LSE:CAU' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.14   Med: 0.24   Max: 220
Current: 0.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Centaur Media was 220.00. The lowest was -6.14. And the median was 0.24.

LSE:CAU's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
82.83% of 664 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs LSE:CAU: 0.24

Centaur Media Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Centaur Media'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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Centaur Media Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Centaur Media Annual Data
Trend Jun13 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -6.14 0.97 0.42 - 0.24

Centaur Media Semi-Annual Data
Jun13 Dec13 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 0.32 0.56 - 0.40 0.19

Competitive Comparison of Centaur Media's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Centaur Media'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.


Centaur Media's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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



Centaur Media Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Centaur Media'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
=(0.952 + 1.025) / 8.365
=0.24

Centaur Media'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
=(0.952 + 1.025) / 10.69
=0.18

* 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.


Centaur Media  (LSE:CAU) 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.


Centaur Media Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Centaur Media (LSE:CAU) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10 York Road, Floor M, London, GBR, SE1 7ND
Centaur Media PLC is a holding company engaged in providing business information, events, and marketing solutions to professional and commercial markets. The company's operating segment includes Xeim and The Lawyer. These two segments derive revenues from a combination of premium content, training and advisory, marketing services, events, marketing solutions and recruitment advertising. It generates maximum revenue from the Xeim segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom and also has a presence in Europe excluding United Kingdom; North America, and Rest of world.

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