Wasco Bhd (XKLS:5142) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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XKLS:5142 Wasco Bhd XKLS:5142
38 GF Score
Price RM0.74
GF Value RM0.80
Valuation Fairly Valued
! 2 Warning Signs
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What is Wasco Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Wasco Bhd's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was RM198 Mil. Wasco Bhd's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was RM309 Mil. Wasco Bhd's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was RM275 Mil. Wasco Bhd's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 1.85.

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

XKLS:5142' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -11.29   Med: 2.55   Max: 460.3
Current: 1.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Wasco Bhd was 460.30. The lowest was -11.29. And the median was 2.55.

XKLS:5142's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
52.02% of 717 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.83 vs XKLS:5142: 1.75

Wasco Bhd  (XKLS:5142) 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.

Wasco Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Wasco Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Wasco Bhd'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.

Wasco Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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XKLS:5142 vs SLB, BKR, HAL: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Wasco Bhd'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.

Wasco Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA vs Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Wasco Bhd's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


XKLS:5142
38GF Score
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Wasco Bhd Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Wasco Bhd'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
=(268.643 + 335.917) / 339.795
=1.78

Wasco Bhd'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
=(198.032 + 309.415) / 274.692
=1.85

* 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 Wasco Bhd (XKLS:5142) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Wasco Bhd stock appears to be undervalued. The current stock price of RM0.74 is trading 8.1% below its estimated GF Value™ of RM0.80. GuruFocus considers Wasco Bhd to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for XKLS:5142:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: RM0.80 vs. price of RM0.74 (8.1% below fair value)
  • GF Score™: 38/100 with 2 warning signs

No single metric tells the full story. See the XKLS:5142 stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.

Wasco Bhd Business Description

Industry EnergyOil & Gas
Address The Gardens North Tower, Suite 19.01, Level 19, Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur, SGR, MYS, 59200
Wasco Bhd is engaged in the business of specialized pipe coating and corrosion protection services; Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) of gas compressors and process equipment, and provision of bioenergy services. Its segments include the Energy solutions services division; the Bioenergy services division; the Trading division; and Others. It derives the majority of its revenue from the Energy solutions services division that provides pipe coating, pipe manufacturing for the oil and gas industry, building and operating offshore/onshore field development facilities, and the provision of specialized equipment and services to the power generation, oleochemical, and petrochemical industries.
38GF Score

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