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LPA Group (LSE:LPA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.73 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is LPA Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

LPA Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was £0.30 Mil. LPA Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was £2.53 Mil. LPA Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was £1.04 Mil. LPA Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.73.

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

LSE:LPA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.06   Med: 1.69   Max: 5.49
Current: 4.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of LPA Group was 5.49. The lowest was 1.06. And the median was 1.69.

LSE:LPA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
75.85% of 2286 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs LSE:LPA: 4.14

LPA Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for LPA Group'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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LPA Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

LPA Group Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.35 5.28 1.39 1.35 4.14

LPA Group 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 0.65 -10.58 0.63 8.56 2.73

Competitive Comparison of LPA Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, LPA Group'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.


LPA Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, LPA Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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LPA Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

LPA Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(0.299 + 2.534) / 0.685
=4.14

LPA Group'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
=(0.299 + 2.534) / 1.038
=2.73

* 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.


LPA Group  (LSE:LPA) 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.


LPA Group Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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LPA Group Business Description

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Address
Light and Power House, Shire Hill, Saffron Walden, Essex, GBR, CB11 3AQ
LPA Group PLC is a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of LED lighting, industrial electrical, electro mechanical systems, and is a distributor of engineered components. The Group comprises three divisions: LPA Connection Systems (electro-mechanical), LPA Lighting Systems (lighting & electronics) and LPA Channel Electric (engineered component distribution), which collectively design, manufacture and market industrial electrical and electronic products. It operates across three market segments: Rail; Aerospace & Defence and Other Its geographic markets are the United Kingdom, Rest of Europe, Rest of World. The majority of revenue originates in the United Kingdom.

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