Rcs Mediagroup (MIL:RCS) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.13 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Rcs Mediagroup Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Rcs Mediagroup's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €0.0 Mil. Rcs Mediagroup's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €133.6 Mil. Rcs Mediagroup's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €62.8 Mil. Rcs Mediagroup's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.13.

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

MIL:RCS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09 Med: 1.45 Max: 23.78
Current: 0.92

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Rcs Mediagroup was 23.78. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 1.45.

MIL:RCS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
62.92% of 658 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.645 vs MIL:RCS: 0.92

Rcs Mediagroup Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rcs Mediagroup's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Rcs Mediagroup Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Rcs Mediagroup Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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1.21

1.71

1.07

1.22

0.95

Rcs Mediagroup Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.30	0.63	3.31	0.56	2.13

Competitive Comparison of Rcs Mediagroup's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Publishing subindustry, Rcs Mediagroup'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.

Rcs Mediagroup's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

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

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

Rcs Mediagroup Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Rcs Mediagroup'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
	=	(23.2	+	106.8)	/	137.6
	=	0.94

Rcs Mediagroup'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	+	133.6)	/	62.8
	=	2.13

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.

Rcs Mediagroup (MIL:RCS) 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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Rcs Mediagroup Business Description

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Address

Via Angelo Rizzoli, 8, MIlan, ITA, 20132

Website

http://www.rcsmediagroup.it

Rcs Mediagroup is a publishing company. It prints newspapers in Italy and Spain and is active in magazines, television, radio and new media, as well as one of the top operators in the advertising sales and distribution market. The company operates in daily newspapers, books, radio broadcasting, new media and digital and satellite TV, organises highly important global sporting events and is among the leading operators in advertising sales and distribution in Italy and Spain. Its operating business segments are Newspapers Italy, Magazines Italy, Advertising and Sport, Unidad Editorial, and Other Corporate activities, with maximum revenue from the Newspapers segment. Geographically, the company operates in Italy, Spain, and Other countries. The maximum revenue is derived from Italy.