Cairo Communication SpA (MIL:CAI) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.42 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Cairo Communication SpA Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cairo Communication SpA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0 Mil. Cairo Communication SpA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €157 Mil. Cairo Communication SpA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €65 Mil. Cairo Communication SpA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.42.

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 Cairo Communication SpA's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

MIL:CAI' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.88 Med: 1.65 Max: 6.56
Current: 0.98

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cairo Communication SpA was 6.56. The lowest was 0.88. And the median was 1.65.

MIL:CAI's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
61.17% of 667 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.69 vs MIL:CAI: 0.98

Cairo Communication SpA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cairo Communication SpA's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Cairo Communication SpA Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cairo Communication SpA Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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2.46

3.37

1.54

1.76

1.33

Cairo Communication SpA Quarterly Data
	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.81	1.08	-4.35	0.57	2.42

Competitive Comparison of Cairo Communication SpA's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Advertising Agencies subindustry, Cairo Communication SpA'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.

Cairo Communication SpA's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Cairo Communication SpA's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Cairo Communication SpA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cairo Communication SpA'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
	=	(49	+	160.4)	/	157.9
	=	1.33

Cairo Communication SpA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0	+	156.6)	/	64.8
	=	2.42

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. 2024) EBITDA data.

Cairo Communication SpA (MIL:CAI) 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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Cairo Communication SpA (MIL:CAI) Business Description

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Address

Corso Magenta 55, Milan, ITA, 20123

Website

https://www.cairocommunication.it

Cairo Communication SpA is an Italian-based advertisement company. It is engaged in the business of media and publication. It carries out its activity through three communication platforms that include advertisement, publications, and the Internet. Publication activity is done by publishing periodicals, magazines, and books. It is a dealer for the sale of advertising space on various media platforms such as commercial television, paid digital television, print, and the Internet. It operates on the internet through its Trovatore search engine. Its segment includes magazine publishing Cairo Editore, advertising, TV publishing La7, network operator, and RCS.