Westminster Group (LSE:WSG) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.23 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Westminster Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Westminster Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.32 Mil. Westminster Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.14 Mil. Westminster Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £-2.00 Mil. Westminster Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.23.

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

LSE:WSG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.8 Med: -1.62 Max: -0.03
Current: -0.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Westminster Group was -0.03. The lowest was -6.80. And the median was -1.62.

LSE:WSG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 830 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.85 vs LSE:WSG: -0.39

Westminster Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Westminster Group's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Westminster Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Westminster Group Annual Data

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Dec21

Debt-to-EBITDA

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-1.75

-2.52

-3.70

-0.25

-0.03

Westminster 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															-0.03	-0.08	0.19	-0.68	-0.23

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

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Westminster 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.

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

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

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

Westminster Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Westminster Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0.032	+	0.012)	/	-1.673
	=	-0.03

Westminster 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
	=	(0.316	+	0.137)	/	-1.996
	=	-0.23

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.

Westminster Group (LSE:WSG) 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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Westminster Group (LSE:WSG) Business Description

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Blacklocks Hill, Westminster House, Banbury, Oxfordshire, GBR, OX17 2BS

Website

https://www.wsg-corporate.com

Westminster Group PLC designs, supplies, and provides ongoing support for technology security solutions. The company's operating division includes managed services and technology segments. The company generates maximum revenue from the managed services segment. Geographically, the company derives a majority of its revenue from the Middle East and also has a presence in the United Kingdom and Europe, Africa, and the Rest of the World. The activities of the company include the design, supply, and ongoing support of technology security solutions, encompassing a wide range of surveillance, detection, tracking, and interception technologies and the provision of long-term managed services.