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Dowlais Group (STU:6O7) Debt-to-EBITDA : -3.62 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Dowlais Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Dowlais Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €31 Mil. Dowlais Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,490 Mil. Dowlais Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €-420 Mil. Dowlais Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -3.62.

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

STU:6O7' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.28   Med: 9.58   Max: 40.97
Current: 40.97

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Dowlais Group was 40.97. The lowest was 5.28. And the median was 9.58.

STU:6O7's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
98.39% of 1056 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 2.325 vs STU:6O7: 40.97

Dowlais Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dowlais Group'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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Dowlais Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Dowlais Group Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
8.54 10.63 5.28 40.97

Dowlais Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec20 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A - 7.25 3.06 -3.62

Competitive Comparison of Dowlais Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Dowlais Group'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.


Dowlais Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Dowlais Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Dowlais Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Dowlais Group'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
=(31.341 + 1490.415) / 37.144
=40.97

Dowlais Group'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
=(31.341 + 1490.415) / -420.194
=-3.62

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Dowlais Group  (STU:6O7) 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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Dowlais Group (STU:6O7) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
11 Bressenden Place, 2nd Floor Nova North, London, GBR, SW1E 5BY
Dowlais Group PLC is a specialist engineering group focused on the automotive sector. It generates value and capital growth through a portfolio of transformative and innovative businesses.

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