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Bufab AB (OSTO:BUFAB) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.78 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Bufab AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Bufab AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr330 Mil. Bufab AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr3,202 Mil. Bufab AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr1,272 Mil. Bufab AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.78.

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

OSTO:BUFAB' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.66   Med: 3.16   Max: 4.3
Current: 2.92

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Bufab AB was 4.30. The lowest was 2.66. And the median was 3.16.

OSTO:BUFAB's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
65.87% of 126 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 2.065 vs OSTO:BUFAB: 2.92

Bufab AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bufab 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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Bufab AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Bufab AB Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.30 2.84 2.66 3.42 2.83

Bufab AB 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 2.50 2.78 3.55 3.96 2.78

Competitive Comparison of Bufab AB's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Bufab 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.


Bufab AB's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Bufab AB's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Bufab AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Bufab 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
=(271 + 3311) / 1264
=2.83

Bufab 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
=(330 + 3202) / 1272
=2.78

* 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.


Bufab AB  (OSTO:BUFAB) 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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Bufab AB (OSTO:BUFAB) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Box 2266, Varnamo, SWE, SE-331 02
Bufab AB is a trading company. The company offers its customers a full-service solution as a Supply Chain Partner for sourcing, quality control, and logistics for C-parts screws, nuts, and washers. The group serves a variety of industries, including telecommunication, automotive, furniture, offshore, refining industry, and construction sector. Its geographical segments are North (Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark), West (n France, the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Austria, and Spain), East (Poland, Hungary, Romania, the Baltic States, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, China, Singapore and other countries in Southeast Asia, and India), and UK/North America (UK, Ireland, the United States, and Mexico).

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