Empresas ICAB de CV (MEX:ICA) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Mar. 2017)

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What is Empresas ICAB de CV Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Empresas ICAB de CV's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was MXN32,253 Mil. Empresas ICAB de CV's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was MXN32,899 Mil. Empresas ICAB de CV's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was MXN13,042 Mil. Empresas ICAB de CV's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 was 5.00.

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 Empresas ICAB de CV's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:ICA's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 2.1
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Empresas ICAB de CV  (MEX:ICA) 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.


Empresas ICAB de CV Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Empresas ICAB de CV Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Empresas ICAB de CV'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.

Empresas ICAB de CV Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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Empresas ICAB de CV Debt-to-EBITDA Competitor Comparison

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Empresas ICAB de CV'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.


Empresas ICAB de CV Debt-to-EBITDA vs Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Empresas ICAB de CV's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Empresas ICAB de CV's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Empresas ICAB de CV Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Empresas ICAB de CV's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(37507.088 + 34474.312) / -3800.556
=-18.94

Empresas ICAB de CV's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(32252.694 + 32898.79) / 13042.152
=5.00

* 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 (Mar. 2017) EBITDA data.


Empresas ICAB de CV Business Description

Address Boulevard Manuel Avila Camacho 36, Col. Lomas de Chapultepec, Delegation Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, DF, MEX, 11000
Empresas ICA SAB de CV is an engineering, procurement, and construction company. It provides construction and related services which includes development and construction of infrastructure facilities, industrial and urban construction, construction, maintenance and operation of airports, highways, social infrastructure and tunnels and operation and management of water supply and waste disposal systems. The company has Civil construction, Industrial construction, Airports, Concessions and Corporate and Other segments. It derives the majority of its revenues from Civil construction segment.