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VWSYF (Vestas Wind Systems AS) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.55 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Vestas Wind Systems AS Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Vestas Wind Systems AS's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $208 Mil. Vestas Wind Systems AS's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $3,484 Mil. Vestas Wind Systems AS's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $1,039 Mil. Vestas Wind Systems AS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.55.

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 Vestas Wind Systems AS's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

VWSYF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.45   Med: 0.47   Max: 7.17
Current: 7.17

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Vestas Wind Systems AS was 7.17. The lowest was -4.45. And the median was 0.47.

VWSYF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
86.29% of 2275 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs VWSYF: 7.17

Vestas Wind Systems AS Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vestas Wind Systems AS'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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Vestas Wind Systems AS Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Vestas Wind Systems AS Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.55 0.82 1.14 -4.45 3.01

Vestas Wind Systems AS Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 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 Premium Member Only 15.26 1.75 -12.61 -4.61 3.55

Competitive Comparison of Vestas Wind Systems AS's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Vestas Wind Systems AS'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.


Vestas Wind Systems AS's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Vestas Wind Systems AS's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Vestas Wind Systems AS's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Vestas Wind Systems AS Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Vestas Wind Systems AS'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
=(177.754 + 3515.812) / 1227.917
=3.01

Vestas Wind Systems AS'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
=(207.547 + 3483.907) / 1038.844
=3.55

* 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.


Vestas Wind Systems AS  (OTCPK:VWSYF) 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.


Vestas Wind Systems AS Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Vestas Wind Systems AS Business Description

Address
Hedeager 42, Aarhus, DNK, 8200
Vestas is a leading manufacturer of wind turbines with the highest installed capacity under service in the world. The firm operates two business segments: power solutions and services. The power solutions segment designs, manufactures, and installs onshore and offshore wind turbines. The services segment performs operating and maintenance service work on wind turbines.