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Q-Free ASA (Q-Free ASA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.48 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Q-Free ASA Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Q-Free ASA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $3.4 Mil. Q-Free ASA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $15.8 Mil. Q-Free ASA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $7.8 Mil. Q-Free ASA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 2.48.

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 Q-Free ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

QFREF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -8.7   Med: 3.49   Max: 21.65
Current: 2.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Q-Free ASA was 21.65. The lowest was -8.70. And the median was 3.49.

QFREF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Construction industry.
Industry Median: 2.32 vs QFREF: 2.31

Q-Free ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Q-Free ASA'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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Q-Free ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Q-Free ASA Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.81 3.21 4.79 2.71 3.78

Q-Free ASA Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 3.69 3.40 2.99 1.78 2.48

Competitive Comparison of Q-Free ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Infrastructure Operations subindustry, Q-Free ASA'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.


Q-Free ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Q-Free ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Q-Free ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Q-Free ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Q-Free ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(7.957 + 21.916) / 7.897
=3.78

Q-Free ASA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3.435 + 15.784) / 7.76
=2.48

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Q-Free ASA  (OTCPK:QFREF) 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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Q-Free ASA (Q-Free ASA) Business Description

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Address
Strindfjordvegen 1, Ranheim, NOR, 7053
Q-Free ASA is engaged in the business of supplying products and solutions within Road User Charging (RUC) and Advanced Transportation Management Systems (ATMs). The company has three segments, namely Tolling, Traffic Management, and Assets held for sale. The majority of its revenue comes from the Tolling segment. Its Tolling solutions include Electronic Multi-Lane Free-Flow Toll Collection, Congestion Charging & Low-Emission Zones, Road User Charging, Enforcement, and Truck & Ferry Tolling. Its geographical segments are Europe, APMEA (Asia Pacific/Middle East/Africa), and the Americas.

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