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DCC (DCCPF) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 2.46 (As of Mar. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

DCC's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $476 Mil. DCC's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $2,681 Mil. DCC's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was $1,282 Mil. DCC's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2023 was 2.46.

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

DCCPF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.95   Med: 3.42   Max: 4.77
Current: 3.03

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of DCC was 4.77. The lowest was 2.95. And the median was 3.42.

DCCPF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
67.32% of 716 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.735 vs DCCPF: 3.03

DCC Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for DCC'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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DCC Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.05 3.72 2.95 3.03 3.03

DCC Semi-Annual Data
Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23
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 2.38 3.51 2.44 3.90 2.46

Competitive Comparison

For the Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing subindustry, DCC'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.


DCC Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, DCC's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



DCC Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

DCC'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
=(475.745 + 2681.004) / 1040.592
=3.03

DCC's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(475.745 + 2681.004) / 1281.588
=2.46

* 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 (Mar. 2023) EBITDA data.


DCC  (OTCPK:DCCPF) 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.


DCC Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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DCC (DCCPF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Leopardstown Road, DCC House, Foxrock, Dublin, IRL, D18 PK00
DCC PLC is an international sales, marketing, and support services company operating across three divisions: Energy, Technology, and Healthcare. It generates maximum revenue from the Energy segment. The company's trading activities are principally in Europe with a growing presence in the United States and Asia.

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