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Sekisui Kasei Co (TSE:4228) Debt-to-EBITDA : 7.73 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sekisui Kasei Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sekisui Kasei Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円15,783 Mil. Sekisui Kasei Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円22,509 Mil. Sekisui Kasei Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円4,956 Mil. Sekisui Kasei Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.73.

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 Sekisui Kasei Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:4228' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.02   Med: 3.26   Max: 17.46
Current: 4.52

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sekisui Kasei Co was 17.46. The lowest was 2.02. And the median was 3.26.

TSE:4228's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
71.09% of 1214 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.31 vs TSE:4228: 4.52

Sekisui Kasei Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sekisui Kasei Co'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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Sekisui Kasei Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sekisui Kasei Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.66 3.57 4.31 17.46 4.50

Sekisui Kasei Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 4.27 3.33 6.60 3.37 7.73

Competitive Comparison of Sekisui Kasei Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Sekisui Kasei Co'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.


Sekisui Kasei Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Sekisui Kasei Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sekisui Kasei Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sekisui Kasei Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(13072 + 25094) / 8475
=4.50

Sekisui Kasei Co'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
=(15783 + 22509) / 4956
=7.73

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Sekisui Kasei Co  (TSE:4228) 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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Sekisui Kasei Co (TSE:4228) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2-4-4 Nishitenma, Kita-ku, Osaka, JPN, 530-8565
Sekisui Kasei Co Ltd is a plastic provider solution company. The company is engaged in manufacture and sale of foamed plastic and other plastic products. It operates in two segments, Human Life, and Industry. The products in human life segment include Eslen beads, Eslen sheet, Eslen wood, Interforms, ES molded products such as ES Dan mat, Eslen block used in agricultural and fishery materials, food packaging materials, distribution materials, construction materials, civil engineering materials. The products in Industry segment are Pioceran, Literon, Neomicrolen, Serpet, Techpolymer, Technogel, Techheater, Elastil, Formac, ST-LAYER used in automotive materials, vehicle parts packaging, industrial materials, industrial packaging, electronic component materials, medical and health materials.

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