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Quadient (LTS:0NQ5) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.20 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Quadient Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Quadient's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €81 Mil. Quadient's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €734 Mil. Quadient's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €255 Mil. Quadient's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 3.20.

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

LTS:0NQ5' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.23   Med: 4.16   Max: 6.22
Current: 3.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Quadient was 6.22. The lowest was 3.23. And the median was 4.16.

LTS:0NQ5's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
77.27% of 1606 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.06 vs LTS:0NQ5: 3.49

Quadient Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Quadient'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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Quadient Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Quadient Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.01 4.84 3.94 5.63 3.49

Quadient Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 3.92 4.22 8.46 4.31 3.20

Competitive Comparison of Quadient's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Application subindustry, Quadient'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.


Quadient's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Quadient's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Quadient Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Quadient's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(80.6 + 734.4) / 233.6
=3.49

Quadient's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(80.6 + 734.4) / 254.6
=3.20

* 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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Quadient  (LTS:0NQ5) 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.


Quadient Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Quadient (LTS:0NQ5) Business Description

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Address
42-46, Avenue Aristide Briand, Bagneux, FRA, 92220
Quadient SA is a France-based company engaged in providing business services to its clients. Four reportable segments compose its solutions: customer experience management, business process automation, mail-related solutions, and parcel locker solutions. The company provides solutions to various industries including financial services, insurance, and print providers, among others. Over half of the company's revenue is from the North American market and about one third from the main European countries. Mail-related solutions accounts for the majority of Quadient's revenue.

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