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Helical (LSE:HLCL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 11.50 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Helical Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Helical's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was £0.86 Mil. Helical's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was £189.60 Mil. Helical's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was £16.56 Mil. Helical's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 11.50.

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

LSE:HLCL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.43   Med: 5.65   Max: 9.97
Current: -2.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Helical was 9.97. The lowest was -4.43. And the median was 5.65.

LSE:HLCL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1223 companies
in the Real Estate industry
Industry Median: 6.18 vs LSE:HLCL: -2.30

Helical Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Helical Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.95 9.73 4.64 -4.43 -1.29

Helical Semi-Annual Data
Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 Sep24
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 5.08 -1.50 -1.32 -1.27 11.50

Competitive Comparison of Helical's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Real Estate Services subindustry, Helical'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.


Helical's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Real Estate Industry

For the Real Estate industry and Real Estate sector, Helical's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Helical Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Helical's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(0.829 + 231.079) / -179.521
=-1.29

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

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.861 + 189.602) / 16.564
=11.50

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Helical  (LSE:HLCL) 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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Helical Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 Hanover Square, London, GBR, W1S 1HQ
Helical PLC is a United Kingdom-based property investment and development company that operates across many sectors of the property industry. Its principal areas of business include high-yielding retail investments, central London office investments, central London office refurbishment, and development projects, regional pre-let food store developments, and retirement villages. The company operates in two segments including investment properties which are owned or leased by the Group for long-term income and for capital appreciation and development properties. It generates a majority of its revenue from Investment properties, which are owned or leased by the company for long-term income and capital appreciation.

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