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Arima Communications (TPE:8101) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.43 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Arima Communications Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Arima Communications's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$128.1 Mil. Arima Communications's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$70.5 Mil. Arima Communications's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$-139.4 Mil. Arima Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -1.42.

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

TPE:8101' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -8.97   Med: -1.78   Max: 94.8
Current: -1.65

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Arima Communications was 94.80. The lowest was -8.97. And the median was -1.78.

TPE:8101's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1738 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.8 vs TPE:8101: -1.65

Arima Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Arima Communications'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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Arima Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Arima Communications Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.06 -1.91 1.44 -3.39 -1.65

Arima Communications Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 -1.10 -1.52 -1.20 -5.63 -1.43

Competitive Comparison of Arima Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Arima Communications'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.


Arima Communications's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Arima Communications Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Arima Communications'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
=(137.428 + 81.786) / -132.752
=-1.65

Arima Communications's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(128.096 + 70.525) / -139.396
=-1.42

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Arima Communications  (TPE:8101) 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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Arima Communications (TPE:8101) Business Description

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Address
No. 2, Lane 258, Ruiguang Road, 7th Floor, Neihu District, Taipei, TWN, 11490
Arima Communications Corp specializes in mobile communications products and Internet of Things (IoT) products. The company's segments include the mobile phone business group, mainly engaged in the manufacturing and sales of various mobile phone products. The other operating segment is mainly engaged in the manufacturing and sales of solar energy products and equipment. Its Mobile phone business group generates most of its revenue.

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