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Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co (SAU:2300) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.14 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ﷼256.0 Mil. Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ﷼173.2 Mil. Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ﷼200.2 Mil. Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.14.

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 Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SAU:2300' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -114.06   Med: 4.67   Max: 51.11
Current: 2.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co was 51.11. The lowest was -114.06. And the median was 4.67.

SAU:2300's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
53.3% of 1426 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.13 vs SAU:2300: 2.39

Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co'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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Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co 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 10.17 6.28 5.46 3.88 2.39

Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 4.66 3.54 2.37 2.25 2.14

Competitive Comparison of Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co'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.


Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co'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
=(256.004 + 173.172) / 179.849
=2.39

Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(256.004 + 173.172) / 200.172
=2.14

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co  (SAU:2300) 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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Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co (SAU:2300) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Unit No. 2, Industrial City 2, P.O. Box 2598, Dammam, SAU, 34326-7169
Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co manufactures tissue paper. The principal activities of the company are to manufacture tissue paper rolls, convert tissue paper rolls into facial, kitchen and toilet tissue papers and collect, sort, transport, and press waste papers. The reportable segments of the company are Manufacturing, Trading and others. The Manufacturing segment includes buying, manufacturing, and distributing pulp paper, and the Trading and other segment include collecting, sorting, and pressing waste papers. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Manufacturing segment.

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