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Roularta Media Group NV (XBRU:ROU) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.41 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Roularta Media Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Roularta Media Group NV's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €5.4 Mil. Roularta Media Group NV's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €6.0 Mil. Roularta Media Group NV's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €27.8 Mil. Roularta Media Group NV's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.41.

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 Roularta Media Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XBRU:ROU' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.01   Med: 0.48   Max: 603.06
Current: 0.51

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Roularta Media Group NV was 603.06. The lowest was -0.01. And the median was 0.48.

XBRU:ROU's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
73.53% of 680 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.675 vs XBRU:ROU: 0.51

Roularta Media Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Roularta Media Group NV'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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Roularta Media Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Roularta Media Group NV 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 0.24 0.24 0.19 0.45 0.51

Roularta Media Group NV Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 0.19 0.32 0.78 0.65 0.41

Competitive Comparison of Roularta Media Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Publishing subindustry, Roularta Media Group NV'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.


Roularta Media Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Roularta Media Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Roularta Media Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Roularta Media Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Roularta Media Group NV'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
=(5.444 + 6.029) / 22.449
=0.51

Roularta Media Group NV's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(5.444 + 6.029) / 27.822
=0.41

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Roularta Media Group NV  (XBRU:ROU) 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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Roularta Media Group NV (XBRU:ROU) Business Description

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Address
Meiboomlaan 33, Roeselare, BEL, 8800
Roularta Media Group NV is a publisher and printer of magazines, newspapers, lifestyle, news, financial, home, arts, and sports. The company operates through two segments, Media Brands and Printing Services. The Media Brands segment refers to all brands that are marketed by RMG and its participations. It includes all sales of advertising, subscriptions, newsstand and line extensions of the brands. 'Printing Services' on the other hand refers to premedia and print shop activities for in-house brands and external customers. The group derives the majority portion of revenue from the Media Brands division.

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