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ISS AS (STU:QJQ) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.81 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is ISS AS Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

ISS AS's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €638 Mil. ISS AS's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €1,821 Mil. ISS AS's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €874 Mil. ISS AS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 2.81.

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

STU:QJQ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.66   Med: 3.71   Max: 5.37
Current: 3.26

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of ISS AS was 5.37. The lowest was -6.66. And the median was 3.71.

STU:QJQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
70.09% of 809 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.78 vs STU:QJQ: 3.26

ISS AS Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for ISS AS'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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ISS AS Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

ISS AS Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -6.66 5.22 3.77 3.64 3.26

ISS AS Semi-Annual Data
Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24
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 3.45 4.28 3.17 4.27 2.81

Competitive Comparison of ISS AS's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, ISS AS'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.


ISS AS's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



ISS AS Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

ISS AS's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(637.865 + 1821.474) / 753.986
=3.26

ISS AS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(637.865 + 1821.474) / 874.264
=2.81

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


ISS AS  (STU:QJQ) 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.


ISS AS Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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ISS AS Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Buddingevej 197, Soborg, DNK, DK-2860
ISS AS is a provider of workplace and facility service solutions with a focus on cleaning, property, catering, support, security, and facility management. It has three segments; office-based, production-based, and healthcare. Its core services offering to customers consist of cleaning, food, technical, and workplace services. Revenue is mainly generated in European end markets, with the majority earned in the United Kingdom.

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