Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co (SAU:4014) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.87 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ﷼183.2 Mil. Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ﷼17.9 Mil. Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ﷼107.6 Mil. Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.87.

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 Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

SAU:4014' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.91 Med: 2.69 Max: 3.51
Current: 1.93

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co was 3.51. The lowest was 1.91. And the median was 2.69.

SAU:4014's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
57.31% of 431 companies
in the Medical Devices & Instruments industry
Industry Median: 1.54 vs SAU:4014: 1.93

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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2.49

1.91

2.69

3.10

3.51

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Quarterly Data
	Dec17	Dec18	Dec19	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial														2.45	3.04	3.16	2.88	1.87

Competitive Comparison of Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Medical Instruments & Supplies subindustry, Scientific and Medical Equipment House 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.

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Medical Devices & Instruments Industry

For the Medical Devices & Instruments industry and Healthcare sector, Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Scientific and Medical Equipment House 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
	=	(342.988	+	19.843)	/	103.412
	=	3.51

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(183.183	+	17.857)	/	107.568
	=	1.87

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. 2024) EBITDA data.

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co (SAU:4014) 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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Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co Business Description

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Address

King Fahad service Road, P.O. Box 1584, Al-Mutammarat District, Riyadh, SAU, 12711

Website

https://www.smeh.com.sa

Scientific and Medical Equipment House Co is engaged in general contracting of buildings, roads, and bridges, maintaining, cleaning, managing, and operating medical centers, maintenance of scientific and medical equipment, wholesale and retail trade in medical, laboratorial, and scientific equipment and its accessories, import and export services, and catering services among others. The company's reportable segments are; Operation and maintenance, Medical equipment sales and post-sale maintenance services revenue, Construction segment, Meat and food segment, and Medicine and medical supplies. A majority of its revenue is generated from the Operation and maintenance segment which deals with the supply of medical and non-medical staff and medical equipment maintenance services.

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