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Petards Group (LSE:PEG) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.51 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Petards Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Petards Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.22 Mil. Petards Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.51 Mil. Petards Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £-0.48 Mil. Petards Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -1.51.

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

LSE:PEG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.74   Med: 0.4   Max: 1.5
Current: -2.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Petards Group was 1.50. The lowest was -6.74. And the median was 0.40.

LSE:PEG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
85.64% of 822 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.925 vs LSE:PEG: -2.49

Petards Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Petards 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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Petards Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Petards Group 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 -3.41 -6.74 0.51 0.30 -2.49

Petards Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 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 0.66 0.41 0.31 -1.26 -1.51

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

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Petards 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.


Petards Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Petards Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Petards Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Petards Group'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
=(0.221 + 0.511) / -0.294
=-2.49

Petards Group'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
=(0.221 + 0.511) / -0.484
=-1.51

* 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.


Petards Group  (LSE:PEG) 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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Petards Group (LSE:PEG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
32 London Road, Parallel House, Guildford, Surrey, GBR, GU1 2AB
Petards Group PLC is a security and surveillance systems supplier. The company's operating segment is the Development, Supply, and Maintenance of Technologies used in the security, surveillance, and ruggedized electronic applications segment in the Rail, Traffic, and Defence segment. The company serves the transport, defense, and emergency services market offering software-driven onboard digital video and sensor systems, electronic defensive countermeasure systems, threat simulation systems, and mobile radios. The geographical segments of the company are the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and the Rest of the World, of which maximum revenue is generated from the United Kingdom.