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Scandi Standard AB (OSTO:SCST) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.91 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Scandi Standard AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Scandi Standard AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr76 Mil. Scandi Standard AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr1,647 Mil. Scandi Standard AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr904 Mil. Scandi Standard AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.91.

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

OSTO:SCST' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.76   Med: 3.55   Max: 4.34
Current: 1.85

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Scandi Standard AB was 4.34. The lowest was 1.76. And the median was 3.55.

OSTO:SCST's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
54.17% of 1440 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.145 vs OSTO:SCST: 1.85

Scandi Standard AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scandi Standard 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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Scandi Standard AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Scandi Standard 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 3.33 3.44 4.04 2.85 1.76

Scandi Standard 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 2.73 2.47 1.91 1.76 1.91

Competitive Comparison of Scandi Standard AB's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Scandi Standard 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.


Scandi Standard AB's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Scandi Standard AB's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Scandi Standard AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Scandi Standard 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
=(76 + 1509) / 901
=1.76

Scandi Standard 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
=(76 + 1647) / 904
=1.91

* 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.


Scandi Standard AB  (OSTO:SCST) 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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Scandi Standard AB (OSTO:SCST) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Strandbergsgatan 55, P.O.Box 30174, Stockholm, SWE, SE-104 25
Scandi Standard AB is a food company. It supplies chicken and chicken-based products in the Nordic region and Ireland. It markets and sells its products under Kronfagel, Danpo, Den Stolte Hane, Naapurin Maalaiskana, and Manor Farm brand names. The company has operations in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Ireland, and Finland. It generates the majority of its revenue from Sweden.

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