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Nippon Signal Co (TSE:6741) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.70 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Nippon Signal Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Nippon Signal Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円18,705 Mil. Nippon Signal Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円5 Mil. Nippon Signal Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円26,656 Mil. Nippon Signal Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.70.

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

TSE:6741' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.15   Med: 1.29   Max: 2.07
Current: 1.79

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Nippon Signal Co was 2.07. The lowest was 0.15. And the median was 1.29.

TSE:6741's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
51.09% of 2290 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.72 vs TSE:6741: 1.79

Nippon Signal Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nippon Signal 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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Nippon Signal Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Nippon Signal Co Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.12 1.77 1.36 2.07 1.79

Nippon Signal Co 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 0.93 -59.22 1.26 4.67 0.70

Competitive Comparison of Nippon Signal Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Nippon Signal 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.


Nippon Signal Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Nippon Signal Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nippon Signal Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Nippon Signal Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(18705 + 5) / 10455
=1.79

Nippon Signal Co'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
=(18705 + 5) / 26656
=0.70

* 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.


Nippon Signal Co  (TSE:6741) 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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Nippon Signal Co (TSE:6741) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
1-5-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 100-6513
Nippon Signal Co Ltd is a Japanese technology company. Its products and services fall into the following categories: railway signal systems, traffic information systems, automatic fare collection, or AFR, systems, and parking information systems. The railway signal systems division provides automatic train supervision systems, relay interlocking equipment, level-crossing systems, and LED information boards. The traffic information systems division offers universal traffic management systems, local controllers, and LED traffic signal lights. The AFR system division offers comprehensive network systems to automate station operations. The parking information systems division offers car parking systems and bicycle lock systems.

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