Thales (XPAR:HO) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Jun. 2026)

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XPAR:HO Thales XPAR:HO
94 GF Score
Price €238.20
GF Value €214.26
Valuation Modestly Overvalued
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What is Thales Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Thales's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €2,015 Mil. Thales's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €3,561 Mil. Thales's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was €2,325 Mil. Thales's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2026 was 2.40.

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

XPAR:HO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.84   Med: 2.26   Max: 4.38
Current: 1.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Thales was 4.38. The lowest was 0.84. And the median was 2.26.

XPAR:HO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
51.41% of 249 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 1.88 vs XPAR:HO: 1.75

Thales  (XPAR:HO) 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.


Thales Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Thales Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Thales'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.

Thales Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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XPAR:HO vs SPCX, GE, RTX: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, Thales'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.


Thales Debt-to-EBITDA vs Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, Thales's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Thales Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Thales'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
=(2130.1 + 3999.4) / 3155.6
=1.94

Thales'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
=(2015 + 3560.9) / 2325.4
=2.40

* 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 (Jun. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Thales (XPAR:HO) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Thales stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of €238.20 is trading 11.2% above its estimated GF Value™ of €214.26. GuruFocus considers Thales to be Modestly Overvalued.

Key valuation signals for XPAR:HO:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA:
  • GF Value™: €214.26 vs. price of €238.20 (11.2% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 94/100 with 1 warning sign

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


Thales Business Description

Address 4, rue de la Verrerie, Meudon, FRA, 92190
Thales is a French aerospace and defense industrial and one of Europe's largest defense contractors. The company has three segments: defense and security provides sensors, mission systems, communications, and control systems to European and export defense customers; aerospace sells avionics and satellites to the civil, defense, and governmental markets; and digital identity and security provides biometric, data, and identity security solutions, payments services, and the manufacturing of SIM cards.
94GF Score

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