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Cognor Holding (WAR:COG) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.98 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Cognor Holding Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cognor Holding's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was zł226 Mil. Cognor Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was zł488 Mil. Cognor Holding's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was zł143 Mil. Cognor Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.98.

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

WAR:COG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.49   Med: 3.02   Max: 9.65
Current: 1.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cognor Holding was 9.65. The lowest was 0.49. And the median was 3.02.

WAR:COG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
67.76% of 487 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 2.6 vs WAR:COG: 1.16

Cognor Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cognor Holding'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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Cognor Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cognor Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.61 3.33 2.63 0.64 0.49

Cognor Holding Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 0.69 0.58 2.16 2.00 4.98

Competitive Comparison of Cognor Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Steel subindustry, Cognor Holding'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.


Cognor Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Cognor Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cognor Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cognor Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(70.487 + 327.536) / 810.083
=0.49

Cognor Holding'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
=(226.071 + 487.521) / 143.292
=4.98

* 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.


Cognor Holding  (WAR:COG) 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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Cognor Holding (WAR:COG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
ul. Zielona 26, Kielce, POL, 25-563
Cognor Holding SA operates in the steel industry. Its activities are divided into four business segments such as; Scrap division focuses on buying, processing, refining and selling of scrap metal and nonferrous scrap. Production division which contributes major revenue is responsible for processing scrap metal into steel billets, as well as converting steel billets and nonferrous scrap into finished products. The Distribution division sells various commodities, such as steel products, steel and nonferrous scrap and steel billets. The Other division includes materials recycling, among others. The firm's products range comprises metal bars, steel sheet, plates, pipes, and rods, as well as sheet zinc and tin plates, among others. Firm's majority revenue comes from Poland.

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