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Citizen Watch Co (Citizen Watch Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.76 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Citizen Watch Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Citizen Watch Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2 Mil. Citizen Watch Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $481 Mil. Citizen Watch Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $274 Mil. Citizen Watch Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.76.

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 Citizen Watch Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CHCLY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -41.98   Med: 1.62   Max: 73.44
Current: 2.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Citizen Watch Co was 73.44. The lowest was -41.98. And the median was 1.62.

CHCLY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
61.43% of 407 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 3.29 vs CHCLY: 2.24

Citizen Watch Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Citizen Watch Co'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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Citizen Watch Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Citizen Watch Co Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.51 73.44 -41.98 1.75 1.76

Citizen Watch Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 2.21 5.43 2.10 1.93 1.76

Competitive Comparison of Citizen Watch Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Citizen Watch Co'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.


Citizen Watch Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Citizen Watch Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Citizen Watch Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Citizen Watch Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(103.281 + 419.012) / 297.29
=1.76

Citizen Watch Co'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
=(2.153 + 480.923) / 274.452
=1.76

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Citizen Watch Co  (OTCPK:CHCLY) 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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Citizen Watch Co (Citizen Watch Co) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6-1-12, Tanashi-cho, Nishi Tokyo-shi, Tokyo, JPN, 188-8511
Citizen Watch Co Ltd primarily manufactures watches, machine tools, devices, and electronic products that it sells worldwide. Its watches and clocks segment contributes more than half of the company's revenue and includes brands such as Citizen, Bulova, xC, Q&Q, and Attesa. Machine Tools, which consists mostly of automatic lathes, and Devices, which consists largely of auto parts, switches, Chip LEDs, micro LCDs, and quartz crystals, each comprise roughly 15%-20% of total revenue. Electronic Products, which includes printers, health care equipment, and calculators, and Other Products collectively account for the remaining revenue. Japan and Asia (excluding Japan) each account for roughly a third of the company's total sales. Most of the remaining sales are from America and Europe.

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