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Suez (XPAR:SEV) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.79 (As of Jun. 2021)


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What is Suez Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Suez's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was €2,535 Mil. Suez's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was €12,135 Mil. Suez's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was €3,065 Mil. Suez's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 was 4.79.

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

XPAR:SEV' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.2   Med: 4.47   Max: 6.86
Current: 4.82

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Suez was 6.86. The lowest was 4.20. And the median was 4.47.

XPAR:SEV's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Utilities - Regulated industry.
Industry Median: 3.66 vs XPAR:SEV: 4.82

Suez Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Suez'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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Suez Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Suez Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.49 5.33 5.06 4.76 6.86

Suez Semi-Annual Data
Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21
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 4.75 4.80 11.17 5.03 4.79

Competitive Comparison of Suez's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Suez'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.


Suez's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Suez's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Suez Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Suez's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(3212.2 + 11965.5) / 2213.7
=6.86

Suez's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2535.1 + 12134.8) / 3065
=4.79

* 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. 2021) EBITDA data.


Suez  (XPAR:SEV) 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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Suez (XPAR:SEV) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Tour CB21, 16, place de l’Iris, La Defense Cedex, Paris, FRA, 92040
Suez Environnement became the second- largest global water company after spinning off from GDF Suez in 2008. The European water segment operates municipal water distribution and treatment systems, mainly in France and Spain. The European waste segment operates hazardous and nonhazardous landfills, as well as a network of incinerators throughout Europe. The company's international segment designs, builds, and operates water and waste infrastructure outside Europe.