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Vast Resources (LSE:VAST) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.77 (As of Apr. 2024)


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What is Vast Resources Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Vast Resources's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was £8.32 Mil. Vast Resources's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was £0.00 Mil. Vast Resources's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was £-10.84 Mil. Vast Resources's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 was -0.77.

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

LSE:VAST' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.75   Med: -0.9   Max: 12.58
Current: -0.89

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Vast Resources was 12.58. The lowest was -2.75. And the median was -0.90.

LSE:VAST's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 531 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.76 vs LSE:VAST: -0.89

Vast Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vast Resources'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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Vast Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Vast Resources Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23 Apr24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -1.39 -2.75 -0.85 -1.18 -0.90

Vast Resources Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23 Apr24
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 -0.77 -0.81 -2.02 -1.04 -0.77

Competitive Comparison of Vast Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Vast Resources'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.


Vast Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Vast Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vast Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Vast Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(8.318 + 0) / -9.197
=-0.90

Vast Resources's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(8.318 + 0) / -10.842
=-0.77

* 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 (Apr. 2024) EBITDA data.


Vast Resources  (LSE:VAST) 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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Vast Resources Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
60 Gracechurch Street, 6th Floor, Ben Harber, London, GBR, EC3V 0HR
Vast Resources PLC is focused on key mining opportunities in Romania, Zimbabwe and Tajikistan. The Group operates in one business segment, the development and mining of mineral assets. It is a resource development company producing copper concentrate, zinc concentrate and gold and silver concentrate from Manaila Polymetallic Mine based at Romania. It has interest in the underground mine, Baita Plai, which is a skarn deposit comprising veins in calcareous sediments in approximately eight distinct pipes. The geographical segments of the company includes Europe and Central Asia and Southern Africa. It has earned revenue from Europe and Central Asia.

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