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Smiths Group (LSE:SMIN) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.24 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Smiths Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Smiths Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £40 Mil. Smiths Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £633 Mil. Smiths Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was £544 Mil. Smiths Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 1.24.

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

LSE:SMIN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.13   Med: 2.83   Max: 4.63
Current: 1.18

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Smiths Group was 4.63. The lowest was 1.13. And the median was 2.83.

LSE:SMIN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
59.44% of 2303 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs LSE:SMIN: 1.18

Smiths Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smiths Group'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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Smiths Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Smiths Group Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.95 4.63 3.49 4.06 1.13

Smiths Group Semi-Annual Data
Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23 Jan24
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 2.98 15.34 2.16 1.09 1.24

Competitive Comparison of Smiths Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Smiths Group'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.


Smiths Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Smiths Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Smiths Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Smiths Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(29 + 625) / 580
=1.13

Smiths Group'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
=(40 + 633) / 544
=1.24

* 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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Smiths Group  (LSE:SMIN) 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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Smiths Group (LSE:SMIN) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
11-12 St James’s Square, 4th Floor, London, GBR, SW1Y 4LB
With its start as a London jeweler in the 19th century, Smiths Group has for most of its history operated as a company operating disparate but economically attractive businesses. Thematically, it runs businesses that manufacture niche products in security- or safety-sensitive industries. Today, the business is split across four divisions: mechanical seals, weapons detection, electrical connectors, and specialized hoses. The end customers for these products include airports, NASA, government security or defense departments, and hospitals.