SCTBF (Securitas AB) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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SCTBF Securitas AB SCTBF
74 GF Score
Price $15.28
GF Value $12.55
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
! 2 Warning Signs
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What is Securitas AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Securitas AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $995 Mil. Securitas AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $3,142 Mil. Securitas AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $1,569 Mil. Securitas AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 2.64.

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

SCTBF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.56   Med: 2.88   Max: 4.9
Current: 3.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Securitas AB was 4.90. The lowest was 2.56. And the median was 2.88.

SCTBF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
74.85% of 835 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.67 vs SCTBF: 3.51

Securitas AB  (OTCPK:SCTBF) 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.


Securitas AB Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Securitas AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Securitas 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.

Securitas AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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SCTBF vs ALLE, MSA, ADT: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Securitas 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.


Securitas AB Debt-to-EBITDA vs Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Securitas AB's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


SCTBF
74GF Score
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Securitas AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Securitas AB's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(322.16774417495 + 3973.4021781577) / 1264.1334418142
=3.40

Securitas AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(994.61157349287 + 3142.026110362) / 1569.3450763686
=2.64

* 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 (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Securitas AB (SCTBF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Securitas AB stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $15.28 is trading 21.7% above its estimated GF Value™ of $12.55. GuruFocus considers Securitas AB to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for SCTBF:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $12.55 vs. price of $15.28 (21.7% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 74/100 with 2 warning signs

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Securitas AB Business Description

Address Lindhagensplan 70, PO Box 12307, Stockholm, SWE, SE-102 28
Securitas AB is an international security services, consulting, and investigation group based in Stockholm, Sweden. Its activities are centered on manned security, mobile security, monitoring, and risk assessment. Securitas operates in more than 50 countries and is the security firm in manned guarding. The company has three segments: Securitas North America, Securitas Europe, and Securitas Ibero-America. It generates maximum revenue from Securitas Europe.
74GF Score

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