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West Coast Paper Mills (NSE:WSTCSTPAPR) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.30 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is West Coast Paper Mills Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

West Coast Paper Mills's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹1,174 Mil. West Coast Paper Mills's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹1,590 Mil. West Coast Paper Mills's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹9,126 Mil. West Coast Paper Mills's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.30.

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 West Coast Paper Mills's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

NSE:WSTCSTPAPR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.14   Med: 1.01   Max: 4.79
Current: 0.22

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of West Coast Paper Mills was 4.79. The lowest was 0.14. And the median was 1.01.

NSE:WSTCSTPAPR's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
91.52% of 224 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 3.41 vs NSE:WSTCSTPAPR: 0.22

West Coast Paper Mills Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for West Coast Paper Mills'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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West Coast Paper Mills Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

West Coast Paper Mills Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.18 2.53 0.69 0.14 0.22

West Coast Paper Mills 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 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 0.12 - 0.10 - 0.30

Competitive Comparison of West Coast Paper Mills's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, West Coast Paper Mills'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.


West Coast Paper Mills's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, West Coast Paper Mills's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where West Coast Paper Mills's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



West Coast Paper Mills Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

West Coast Paper Mills's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(1173.627 + 1589.588) / 12622.893
=0.22

West Coast Paper Mills'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
=(1173.627 + 1589.588) / 9126.068
=0.30

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


West Coast Paper Mills  (NSE:WSTCSTPAPR) 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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West Coast Paper Mills (NSE:WSTCSTPAPR) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
31, Chowringhee Road, Jawaharlal Nehru Road, (Park Street crossing), Kolkata, WB, IND, 700 016
West Coast Paper Mills Ltd is engaged in the production of paper and related products. The company's operating segment includes Paper, Cables, and Others. It generates maximum revenue from the Paper segment. The company's product portfolio includes Printing and Writing Paper, MG Variety, Premium Printing Paper, Security and Hi-Value Grade Papers, Business Stationery, Cup Stock and Coated Duplex Boards. Geographically all the operations have functioned through the Indian market.

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