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Sekisui House (FRA:SPH1) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 2.18 (As of Jan. 2024)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Sekisui House's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €2,897 Mil. Sekisui House's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €2,182 Mil. Sekisui House's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was €2,332 Mil. Sekisui House's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 2.18.

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

FRA:SPH1' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.15   Med: 2.64   Max: 3.24
Current: 2.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sekisui House was 3.24. The lowest was 2.15. And the median was 2.64.

FRA:SPH1's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.57% of 87 companies
in the Homebuilding & Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.69 vs FRA:SPH1: 2.69

Sekisui House Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sekisui House'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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Sekisui House Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.68 2.93 2.29 2.15 2.46

Sekisui House Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.02 2.78 2.67 3.45 2.18

Competitive Comparison

For the Residential Construction subindustry, Sekisui House'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.


Sekisui House Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Homebuilding & Construction industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Sekisui House's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Sekisui House Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sekisui House's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2897.19 + 2182.177) / 2064.947
=2.46

Sekisui House's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2897.19 + 2182.177) / 2331.824
=2.18

* 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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Sekisui House  (FRA:SPH1) 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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Sekisui House (FRA:SPH1) Business Description

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Address
Tower East Umeda Sky Building, 1-88 Oyodonaka 1-chome, Kita-ku, Osaka, JPN, 531-0076
Sekisui House Ltd is a Japanese construction company that focuses on residential construction. It is one of the world's largest international homebuilders and operates in Japan, China, Singapore, Australia, and the United States. Sekisui House is involved in constructing single-family detached housing and multi-unit residential housing, condominium development, and urban redevelopment. The company uses eco-friendly features in its construction projects such as solar panels and sustainable material usage. The majority of revenue for the company is derived from its detached-housing projects, followed by rental and condominium construction.

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