Berger Paints Jamaica (XJAM:BRG) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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XJAM:BRG Berger Paints Jamaica Ltd XJAM:BRG
75 GF Score
Price JMD5.60
GF Value JMD6.99
Valuation Modestly Undervalued
! 3 Warning Signs
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What is Berger Paints Jamaica Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Berger Paints Jamaica's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was JMD23 Mil. Berger Paints Jamaica's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was JMD37 Mil. Berger Paints Jamaica's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was JMD171 Mil. Berger Paints Jamaica's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 0.35.

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 Berger Paints Jamaica's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XJAM:BRG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.29   Med: 0.4   Max: 1.65
Current: 0.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Berger Paints Jamaica was 1.65. The lowest was -0.29. And the median was 0.40.

XJAM:BRG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
73.31% of 1270 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs XJAM:BRG: 0.69

Berger Paints Jamaica  (XJAM:BRG) 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.

Berger Paints Jamaica Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Berger Paints Jamaica Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Berger Paints Jamaica'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.

Berger Paints Jamaica Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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XJAM:BRG vs LIN, SHW, ECL: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Berger Paints Jamaica'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.

Berger Paints Jamaica Debt-to-EBITDA vs Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Berger Paints Jamaica's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Berger Paints Jamaica Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Berger Paints Jamaica's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(23.692 + 48.214) / 146.881
=0.49

Berger Paints Jamaica's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(23.036 + 37.032) / 171.168
=0.35

* 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 (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Berger Paints Jamaica (XJAM:BRG) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Berger Paints Jamaica stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of JMD5.60 is trading 19.9% below its estimated GF Value™ of JMD6.99. GuruFocus considers Berger Paints Jamaica to be Modestly Undervalued.

Key valuation signals for XJAM:BRG:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: JMD6.99 vs. price of JMD5.60 (19.9% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 75/100 with 3 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the XJAM:BRG stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Berger Paints Jamaica Business Description

Address 256 Spanish Town Road, Kingston, JAM, 11
Berger Paints Jamaica Ltd is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of industrial and decorative paints and paint-related processed materials. The Company produces a wide range of high-performing decorative, marine, and industrial paint products in Barbados and across the Eastern Caribbean. Its product range includes premium quality interior and exterior topcoats, primers, stains, varnishes, furniture finishes, road marking paints, enamels, as well as light and heavy duty industrial finishes. The Company has introduced products such as Berger Weatherproof Ultra, a super premium exterior emulsion, and Berger Royale, a super premium interior pure acrylic emulsion.
75GF Score

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