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4C Group AB (OSTO:4C) Debt-to-EBITDA : 34.71 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is 4C Group AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

4C Group AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr23.1 Mil. 4C Group AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr27.7 Mil. 4C Group AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr1.5 Mil. 4C Group AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 34.71.

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 4C Group AB's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

OSTO:4C' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63   Med: 1.11   Max: 5.08
Current: 5.08

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of 4C Group AB was 5.08. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 1.11.

OSTO:4C's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
84.96% of 1616 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.005 vs OSTO:4C: 5.08

4C Group AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for 4C Group AB'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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4C Group AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

4C Group AB Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
1.39 0.98 0.63 1.11 1.93

4C Group AB Quarterly Data
Dec19 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 0.78 1.15 -0.77 0.88 34.71

Competitive Comparison of 4C Group AB's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, 4C Group AB'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.


4C Group AB's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, 4C Group AB's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where 4C Group AB's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



4C Group AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

4C Group AB'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
=(29.803 + 31.786) / 31.921
=1.93

4C Group AB'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
=(23.102 + 27.714) / 1.464
=34.71

* 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.


4C Group AB  (OSTO:4C) 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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4C Group AB (OSTO:4C) Business Description

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Address
Vattugatan 17, Stockholm, SWE, 111 52
4C Group AB is engaged in providing software solutions and services for organizational readiness, training, and crisis management. It provides its solutions mainly to customers in mission-critical environments such as defense forces, public organizations, and companies in the corporate sector that need managing risks and training for sudden and critical events. Geographically the company generates the majority of its revenue from the United States and also operates in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the Rest of the world.

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