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Kitron ASA (OSL:KIT) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.35 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kitron ASA Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Kitron ASA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was kr634 Mil. Kitron ASA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was kr1,302 Mil. Kitron ASA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was kr1,431 Mil. Kitron ASA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.35.

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

OSL:KIT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.76   Med: 2.24   Max: 4.38
Current: 1.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kitron ASA was 4.38. The lowest was 1.76. And the median was 2.24.

OSL:KIT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
50.2% of 1743 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.78 vs OSL:KIT: 1.76

Kitron ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kitron ASA'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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Kitron ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kitron ASA Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.55 2.25 3.02 2.94 1.76

Kitron ASA 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 2.60 2.02 1.73 2.15 1.35

Competitive Comparison of Kitron ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Kitron ASA'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.


Kitron ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Kitron ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kitron ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Kitron ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(633.884 + 1302.281) / 1098.656
=1.76

Kitron ASA'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
=(633.884 + 1302.281) / 1431.128
=1.35

* 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.


Kitron ASA  (OSL:KIT) 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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Kitron ASA (OSL:KIT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Olav Brunborgs vei 4, Billingstad, NOR, 1396
Kitron ASA is an electronics manufacturing service company. It manufactures products that are embedded in the customers' own products and box-built electronic products. The company provides a high-level assembly of complex electromechanical products and also provides various other services within development, industrialization, supply chain management, logistics, and aftermarket services. The company has manufacturing facilities in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, India, China, and the United States. It serves Defense/Aerospace, Energy/Telecoms, Industry, Medical Devices, and Offshore/Marine markets. The company operates in a single segment Electronics Manufacturing Services from which it earns the majority of its revenues.

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