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Spectrum ASA (Spectrum ASA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.13 (As of Mar. 2019)


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What is Spectrum ASA Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Spectrum ASA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $8.2 Mil. Spectrum ASA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $10.2 Mil. Spectrum ASA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was $143.3 Mil. Spectrum ASA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 was 0.13.

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

SPTYF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02   Med: 0.1   Max: 0.77
Current: 0.15

During the past 11 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Spectrum ASA was 0.77. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.10.

SPTYF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 1.73 vs SPTYF: 0.15

Spectrum ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Spectrum 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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Spectrum ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Spectrum ASA Annual Data
Trend Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.02 0.77 0.70 0.28 0.32

Spectrum ASA Quarterly Data
Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19
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 0.94 0.21 0.50 0.17 0.13

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

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Spectrum 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.


Spectrum ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

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



Spectrum ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Spectrum ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2018 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(18.193 + 13.224) / 96.94
=0.32

Spectrum ASA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(8.183 + 10.179) / 143.256
=0.13

* 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 (Mar. 2019) EBITDA data.


Spectrum ASA  (GREY:SPTYF) 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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Spectrum ASA (Spectrum ASA) Business Description

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Address
Karenslyst Alle 11, Oslo, NOR, N-0278
Spectrum ASA is active in the oil & gas sector. The company is a provider of multi-client seismic data and data processing services to the oil and gas industry. It operates in two operating segments; Seismic Imaging and Multi-Client surveys. Most of its revenue is generated from the Multi-Client surveys segment. Its current Multi-Client data library includes 2D seismic data covering all the oil and gas producing regions in various regions. In addition, the library also includes 3D seismic data from the East Mediterranean area and the North Sea.

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