ULS (UL Solutions) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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What is UL Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

UL Solutions's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $39 Mil. UL Solutions's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $437 Mil. UL Solutions's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was $1,556 Mil. UL Solutions's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 0.31.

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

ULS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.33   Med: 0.98   Max: 1.99
Current: 0.51

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of UL Solutions was 1.99. The lowest was 0.33. And the median was 0.98.

ULS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
73.41% of 835 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.67 vs ULS: 0.51

UL Solutions  (NYSE:ULS) 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.


UL Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


UL Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for UL Solutions'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.

UL Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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ULS vs ARMK, DLB, GPN: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, UL Solutions'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.


UL Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA vs Business Services Industry

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

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


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UL Solutions Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

UL Solutions's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(43 + 640) / 699
=0.98

UL Solutions's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(39 + 437) / 1556
=0.31

* 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 (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.


UL Solutions Business Description

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Address 333 Pfingsten Road, Northbrook, IL, USA, 60062
UL Solutions is a global leader specializing in a broad range of product testing, inspection, and certification services. UL Solutions is the for-profit branch out of three organizations under the UL Enterprise. TIC operations make up nearly all of UL Solutions' total revenue and are composed of two segments: industrial and consumer. UL Solutions' remaining business includes software and advisory, which complements its core TIC offerings. The firm operates globally.
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