SECOM Co (TSE:9735) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 0.35 (As of Dec. 2023)

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

SECOM Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円30,125 Mil. SECOM Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円36,724 Mil. SECOM Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円191,960 Mil. SECOM Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.35.

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

TSE:9735' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.29 Med: 0.36 Max: 0.59
Current: 0.37

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of SECOM Co was 0.59. The lowest was 0.29. And the median was 0.36.

TSE:9735's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
82.04% of 824 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.88 vs TSE:9735: 0.37

SECOM Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for SECOM Co's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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SECOM Co Annual Data

Trend

Mar14

Mar15

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Mar19

Mar20

Mar21

Mar22

Mar23

Debt-to-EBITDA

0.35

0.33

0.31

0.29

SECOM Co 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																0.32	0.36	0.32	0.34	0.35

Competitive Comparison

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, SECOM Co'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.

SECOM Co Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SECOM Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

SECOM Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

SECOM Co'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
	=	(34196	+	30087)	/	223176
	=	0.29

SECOM Co'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
	=	(30125	+	36724)	/	191960
	=	0.35

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.

SECOM Co (TSE:9735) 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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SECOM Co (TSE:9735) Business Description

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Address

5-1, Jingumae 1-chome, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 150-0001

Website

http://www.secom.co.jp

SECOM Co Ltd is a provider of security services and surveillance systems. The company operates seven business segments: security services, fire protection services, medical services, insurance services, geographic information services, information- and communication-related services, and real estate and other services. The largest segment by revenue, security services, offers electronic security services and systems, including online commercial and home security systems and large-scale surveillance services. Other segments offer fire protection and detection services, as well as medical dispensing services for home care and hospitals. The company generates most of its revenue in Japan.

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