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Daicel (Daicel) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.16 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Daicel Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Daicel's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $733 Mil. Daicel's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,480 Mil. Daicel's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $533 Mil. Daicel's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 4.16.

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

DACHF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 1.4   Max: 4.35
Current: 4.35

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Daicel was 4.35. The lowest was 0.75. And the median was 1.40.

DACHF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
70.27% of 1221 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.2 vs DACHF: 4.35

Daicel Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Daicel 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 1.21 1.87 4.34 3.70 3.61

Daicel 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 7.93 6.02 3.68 3.74 4.16

Competitive Comparison of Daicel's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Chemicals subindustry, Daicel'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.


Daicel's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Daicel's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Daicel Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Daicel'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
=(815.543 + 1562.294) / 658.171
=3.61

Daicel'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
=(733.24 + 1480.232) / 532.512
=4.16

* 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.


Daicel  (OTCPK:DACHF) 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.


Daicel Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Daicel (Daicel) Business Description

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Address
Grand Front Osaka Tower-B, 3-1, Ofuka-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka, JPN
Daicel Corp manufactures and sells a variety of chemicals and chemical-based products. The company organizes itself into four primary segments based on product type. The plastics segment, which generates more revenue than any other segment, sells plastic resins used in automobile and household products as well as food packaging products. The cellulosic derivatives segment sells acetate tow, which is used to produce cigarette filters. The organic chemicals segment sells acetic acid-based products used in the production of electronic materials, paints, cosmetics, and healthcare products. The pyrotechnic devices segment sells automobile safety parts including airbag inflators. The majority of revenue comes from Japan.

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