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Eltek ASA (LTS:0O6B) Debt-to-EBITDA : 13.75 (As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Eltek ASA Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Eltek ASA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was kr184 Mil. Eltek ASA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was kr763 Mil. Eltek ASA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was kr69 Mil. Eltek ASA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was 13.75.

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

LTS:0O6B' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0   Max: 2.81
Current: 2.81

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Eltek ASA was 2.81. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

LTS:0O6B's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Industrial Products industry.
Industry Median: 1.72 vs LTS:0O6B: 2.81

Eltek ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Eltek ASA'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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Eltek ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Eltek ASA Annual Data
Trend Dec05 Dec06 Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.86 2.72 1.65 1.91 3.55

Eltek ASA Quarterly Data
Mar10 Jun10 Sep10 Dec10 Mar11 Jun11 Sep11 Dec11 Mar12 Jun12 Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14
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 1.70 2.75 2.06 2.58 13.75

Competitive Comparison of Eltek ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Eltek ASA'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.


Eltek ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Eltek ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Eltek ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Eltek ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(183.7 + 762.6) / 266.7
=3.55

Eltek ASA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(183.7 + 762.6) / 68.8
=13.75

* 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 (Dec. 2014) EBITDA data.


Eltek ASA  (LTS:0O6B) 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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Eltek ASA (LTS:0O6B) Business Description

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Eltek Power Systems AS was incorporated on January 1, 1971. The Company is a supplier to the telecommunication industry. The Company develops, manufactures & markets power systems & solutions for mission critical applications within telecommunications & data centers, and for the power utilities, railway & metro, & marine & offshore industries.

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