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United Capital (NSA:UCAP) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.17 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is United Capital Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

United Capital's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was ₦29,725 Mil. United Capital's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was ₦376,336 Mil. United Capital's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was ₦348,304 Mil. United Capital's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.17.

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

NSA:UCAP' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -88.23   Med: 2.36   Max: 19.26
Current: 4.44

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of United Capital was 19.26. The lowest was -88.23. And the median was 2.36.

NSA:UCAP's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
74.09% of 359 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 1.44 vs NSA:UCAP: 4.44

United Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for United Capital'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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United Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

United Capital Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.31 2.21 1.90 2.34 2.32

United Capital Quarterly Data
Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 8.63 1.33 N/A 18.53 1.17

Competitive Comparison of United Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Asset Management subindustry, United Capital'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.


United Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, United Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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United Capital Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

United Capital's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(29724.902 + 376335.928) / 174854.497
=2.32

United Capital's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(29724.902 + 376335.928) / 348304.364
=1.17

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


United Capital  (NSA:UCAP) 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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United Capital Business Description

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Address
97/105 Broad Street, 3rd & 4th Floor, Afriland Towers, Lagos Island, Lagos, NGA
United Capital PLC is a financial and investment services company. It is engaged in six business segments including Investment banking, Asset management, Wealth management, Trusteeship, Securities trading, Consumer finance services, and UCEE MF. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Investment banking segment which provides issuing houses, corporate investment advisory services, project finance, debt restructuring, mergers & acquisitions, and debt capital markets.

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