Sharp (SHCAF) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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SHCAF Sharp Corp SHCAF
51 GF Score
Price $4.33
GF Value $3.74
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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 Jun. 2026 was $502 Mil. Sharp's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $2,381 Mil. Sharp's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $441 Mil. Sharp's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 6.53.

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: -9.74   Med: 4.06   Max: 8.7
Current: 5.55

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sharp was 8.70. The lowest was -9.74. And the median was 4.06.

SHCAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
81.37% of 1804 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.695 vs SHCAF: 5.55

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


Sharp Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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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.

Sharp Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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SHCAF vs AAPL: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

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 Debt-to-EBITDA vs 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.


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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. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2843.044817399 + 122.77327299013) / 732.42068448663
=4.05

Sharp'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
=(502.21812028919 + 2380.6675896016) / 441.45839157048
=6.53

* 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 Sharp (SHCAF) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Sharp stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $4.33 is trading 15.6% above its estimated GF Value™ of $3.74.

Key valuation signals for SHCAF:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: $3.74 vs. price of $4.33 (15.6% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 51/100 with 5 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the SHCAF stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Sharp Business Description

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.
51GF Score

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