VTMLF (Critica) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.05 (As of Dec. 2025)


What is Critica Debt-to-EBITDA?

Critica VTMLF +71.04% Debt-to-EBITDA is -0.05 as of Dec. 2025. The stock has 1 warning sign investors should review. Among 592 Metals & Mining companies, Critica ranks worse than 168918.75% on this metric.

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

Critica's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.09 Mil. Critica's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was $0.03 Mil. Critica's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was $-2.71 Mil. Critica's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2025 was -0.05.

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

VTMLF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.04   Med: -0.01   Max: 0
Current: -0.03

VTMLF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 592 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.235 vs VTMLF: -0.03

Critica  (OTCPK:VTMLF) 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.


Critica Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Critica Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Critica'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.

Critica Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Critica Annual Data
Trend Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23 Jun24 Jun25
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.00 -0.00 -0.00 -0.02 -0.04

Critica Semi-Annual Data
Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23 Jun24 Dec24 Jun25 Dec25
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 -0.03 -0.02 -0.07 -0.03 -0.05

Critica Debt-to-EBITDA Competitor Comparison

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Critica'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.


Critica Debt-to-EBITDA vs Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Critica's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Critica Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Critica's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.085 + 0.079) / -4.263
=-0.04

Critica's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(0.093 + 0.033) / -2.71
=-0.05

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2025) EBITDA data.

Frequently Asked Questions Learn more about Debt-to-EBITDA →
What does a Debt-to-EBITDA of -0.05 mean?
Critica (VTMLF) has a Debt-to-EBITDA of -0.05 as of Dec. 2025. Debt-to-EBITDA ratio represents the ratio of total debt to total earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. View historical data on Critica. According to the industry distribution chart, Critica ranks #999999 out of 592 companies in the Metals & Mining industry.
Is Critica's Debt-to-EBITDA too high?
Critica's current Debt-to-EBITDA is -0.05. Based on the distribution chart, Critica ranks #999999 out of 592 companies in the Metals & Mining industry, which is in the bottom quartile relative to peers.
How does Critica's Debt-to-EBITDA compare to competitors?
According to the Metals & Mining industry distribution chart, Critica ranks #999999 out of 592 companies for Debt-to-EBITDA. This places Critica in the lower half of its industry. The industry median Debt-to-EBITDA is 1.24. See the competitive comparison table and distribution chart on this page for a detailed peer-by-peer breakdown.
What is a good Debt-to-EBITDA for a Metals & Mining company?
The median Debt-to-EBITDA among Metals & Mining companies is 1.24, based on 592 companies in the industry. Companies in the top quartile (top 25%) have a Debt-to-EBITDA significantly above this median, while those in the bottom quartile fall well below. However, Debt-to-EBITDA should not be evaluated in isolation — investors should consider it alongside profitability, growth, and financial strength metrics. Use the industry distribution chart on this page to see where any company falls relative to its peers.
What does a high Debt-to-EBITDA mean?
A high Debt-to-EBITDA can signal that a stock is expensive relative to its fundamentals. Debt-to-EBITDA ratio represents the ratio of total debt to total earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. View historical data on Critica. For the Metals & Mining industry, the median Debt-to-EBITDA is 1.24 — values significantly above this may indicate overvaluation, while values below may suggest a bargain or underlying issues. Critica's current Debt-to-EBITDA is -0.05. However, context matters — high-growth companies often justify higher valuations. Always evaluate alongside other metrics like GF Score™ and GF Value™.
Is Critica stock overvalued right now?
Critica (VTMLF) has a current Debt-to-EBITDA of -0.05. The current Debt-to-EBITDA is -0.05. Investors should evaluate multiple metrics — including profitability, growth, and financial strength — before making a decision.
How is Debt-to-EBITDA calculated?
Debt-to-EBITDA is calculated from a company's financial statements. For Critica (VTMLF), the current Debt-to-EBITDA is -0.05 as of Dec. 2025. GuruFocus calculates this using data sourced from SEC filings and annual reports. See the calculation section and 30-year financial data on this page for the full breakdown.

Critica Business Description

Other Exchanges VQI0:GermanyCRI:Australia
Address 16 Altona Street, Level 2, West Perth, Perth, WA, AUS, 6005
Critica Ltd is dedicated to discovering and developing critical mineral deposits to feed global demand for the minerals that are vital to modern technology and the green energy transition. The company is advancing Jupiter and the Brothers Project, which is strategically located in a mining precinct in Western Australia also the clay-hosted, rare-earth project is just 250Km east of the port at Geraldton. It boasts high grades of total rare earth oxides combined with an incredibly low prevalence of thorium and uranium across the significant area of the discovery.