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SMT Scharf AG (LTS:0FWF) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.44 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is SMT Scharf AG Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

SMT Scharf AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €0.77 Mil. SMT Scharf AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €2.15 Mil. SMT Scharf AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €0.85 Mil. SMT Scharf AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.44.

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 SMT Scharf AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LTS:0FWF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 0.16   Max: 3.72
Current: 0.42

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of SMT Scharf AG was 3.72. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 0.16.

LTS:0FWF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
89.78% of 851 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.63 vs LTS:0FWF: 0.42

SMT Scharf AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for SMT Scharf AG'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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SMT Scharf AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

SMT Scharf AG 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 0.16 3.72 0.16 0.15 0.24

SMT Scharf AG Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 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 0.10 0.19 4.15 0.32 3.44

Competitive Comparison of SMT Scharf AG's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Railroads subindustry, SMT Scharf AG'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.


SMT Scharf AG's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, SMT Scharf AG's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



SMT Scharf AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

SMT Scharf AG'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
=(0.768 + 2.234) / 12.335
=0.24

SMT Scharf AG'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
=(0.768 + 2.147) / 0.848
=3.44

* 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 four times the quarterly (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


SMT Scharf AG  (LTS:0FWF) 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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SMT Scharf AG Business Description

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Address
Romerstrasse 104, Hamm, DEU, 59075
SMT Scharf AG is a supplier of rail bound transport systems. The group develops, manufactures, and services transportation equipment and logistics systems for underground mining and tunnel construction. It has four primary segments Coal Mining, Mineral Mining, and Tunnel, Other Industries segment. The company derives the maximum revenue from the Coal Mining segment. Its products categories include Monorail systems, Floor-mounted Rail??, and Rubber wheeled transportation?.

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