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Sharp (SHCAF) Debt-to-EBITDA : 7.87 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sharp Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sharp's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,189 Mil. Sharp's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,101 Mil. Sharp's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $545 Mil. Sharp's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.87.

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

SHCAF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.93   Med: 3.93   Max: 8.7
Current: -3.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sharp was 8.70. The lowest was -16.93. And the median was 3.93.

SHCAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1737 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.79 vs SHCAF: -3.97

Sharp Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sharp'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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Sharp Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sharp Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.09 7.08 5.04 3.77 -5.19

Sharp 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 9.14 -0.81 5.92 7.43 7.87

Competitive Comparison of Sharp's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Sharp'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.


Sharp's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Sharp's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sharp Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sharp's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1368.069 + 4060.374) / -1047.011
=-5.18

Sharp'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
=(1189.181 + 3100.53) / 545.016
=7.87

* 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.


Sharp  (OTCPK:SHCAF) 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.


Sharp Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Sharp (SHCAF) Business Description

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Address
1 Takumi-machi, Sakai-ku, Sakai-shi, Osaka, JPN, 590-8522
Sharp Corp is a Japan-based company that is principally engaged in producing and selling a broad range of consumer and industrial electronic products. The company's business segments consist of the consumer electronics segment, the energy solutions segment, the business solutions segment, the electronic components and devices segment, and the display devices segment. The company generates over half of its revenue from the consumer electronics segment and the display devices segment. It has a global business presence, with China, Japan, the Americas, and Europe its four largest markets.

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