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Caswell (TPE:6416) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.77 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is Caswell Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Caswell's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was NT$199 Mil. Caswell's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was NT$769 Mil. Caswell's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was NT$548 Mil. Caswell's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.76.

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

TPE:6416' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0   Med: 0.49   Max: 1.81
Current: 1.81

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Caswell was 1.81. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.49.

TPE:6416's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
51.91% of 1724 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.695 vs TPE:6416: 1.81

Caswell Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Caswell 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 0.48 0.78 0.49 1.73 1.81

Caswell Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 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 2.49 1.83 1.43 1.75 1.77

Competitive Comparison of Caswell's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Caswell'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.


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

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

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


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Caswell Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Caswell'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
=(198.539 + 769.234) / 535.847
=1.81

Caswell'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
=(198.539 + 769.234) / 548.436
=1.76

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Caswell  (TPE:6416) 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.


Caswell Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Caswell Business Description

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Address
Jianguo 1st Road, 12th Floor, No. 308, Xinzhuang District, New Taipei City, TWN, 242047
Caswell Inc is engaged in the manufacturing of electronic components, computer and peripheral devices, electronic material wholesale, and software services. The company's products include Server switches, Telecom switches, Cloud storage servers, Enterprise storage servers, Network appliances, Proprietary adapters, and Network adapters among others. The company has three segments to be reported, namely the Domestic business office which derives key revenue, and the China business office, which engages in manufacturing and selling various computers and peripherals. Its other business segments engage in selling various computers and peripherals. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from Asia and the rest from America, Europe, Taiwan, and other regions.

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