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VLVCY (Volvo Car AB) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.30 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Volvo Car AB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Volvo Car AB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $2,568 Mil. Volvo Car AB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $3,049 Mil. Volvo Car AB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $4,309 Mil. Volvo Car AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.30.

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 Volvo Car AB's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

VLVCY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.87   Med: 0.91   Max: 1.59
Current: 1.22

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Volvo Car AB was 1.59. The lowest was 0.87. And the median was 0.91.

VLVCY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
69.24% of 1050 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 2.365 vs VLVCY: 1.22

Volvo Car AB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Volvo Car AB'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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Volvo Car AB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Volvo Car AB Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.21 1.59 0.93 0.89 0.89

Volvo Car AB Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.95 0.83 0.85 0.63 1.30

Competitive Comparison of Volvo Car AB's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Auto Manufacturers subindustry, Volvo Car AB'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.


Volvo Car AB's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Volvo Car AB's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Volvo Car AB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Volvo Car AB'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
=(740.622 + 2674.602) / 3843.882
=0.89

Volvo Car AB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2567.895 + 3049.467) / 4308.536
=1.30

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Volvo Car AB  (OTCPK:VLVCY) 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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Volvo Car AB Business Description

Address
VAK Building, Gunnar Engellaus Vag, Gothenburg, SWE, 405 31
Volvo Car AB manufactures, designs, and supplies automobiles. The company offers a wide range of cars. Geographically, it has a presence in China, the US; Sweden; Germany; the United Kingdom; Japan, and South Korea. It generates maximum revenue from the sale of new cars.