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Speed Tech (ROCO:5457) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.41 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Speed Tech Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Speed Tech's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$6,239 Mil. Speed Tech's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$705 Mil. Speed Tech's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$2,037 Mil. Speed Tech's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.41.

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

ROCO:5457' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.12   Med: 1.62   Max: 4.56
Current: 3.07

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Speed Tech was 4.56. The lowest was 1.12. And the median was 1.62.

ROCO:5457's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
67.01% of 1743 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.78 vs ROCO:5457: 3.07

Speed Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Speed Tech'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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Speed Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Speed Tech 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 1.46 1.21 1.52 2.22 3.07

Speed Tech 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 4.05 8.27 2.51 1.31 3.41

Competitive Comparison of Speed Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electronic Components subindustry, Speed Tech'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.


Speed Tech's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Speed Tech Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Speed Tech'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
=(6238.585 + 705.025) / 2264.065
=3.07

Speed Tech'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
=(6238.585 + 705.025) / 2036.624
=3.41

* 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.


Speed Tech  (ROCO:5457) 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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Speed Tech (ROCO:5457) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No.568, Sec.1, Ming-Sheng North Road, Guishan District, Taoyuan City, TWN
Speed Tech Corp is a company that manufactures electronic connectors for various computers, related control buttons, key components, mechanical design, processing, manufacturing, and sale of various precision molds, jigs, plastic molding products, and electronic, and communication products. The company earns maximum revenue from the connectors department. The company operates in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and others.

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