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Canfor Pulp Products (TSX:CFX) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.89 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Canfor Pulp Products Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Canfor Pulp Products's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$75.6 Mil. Canfor Pulp Products's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$1.2 Mil. Canfor Pulp Products's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$86.4 Mil. Canfor Pulp Products's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 0.89.

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 Canfor Pulp Products's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:CFX' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -19.37   Med: 0.27   Max: 1.7
Current: -0.53

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Canfor Pulp Products was 1.70. The lowest was -19.37. And the median was 0.27.

TSX:CFX's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 224 companies
in the Forest Products industry
Industry Median: 3.095 vs TSX:CFX: -0.53

Canfor Pulp Products Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canfor Pulp Products'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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Canfor Pulp Products Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Canfor Pulp Products Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.92 1.70 -19.37 -3.13 -0.67

Canfor Pulp Products Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 1.60 2.25 -0.13 1.65 0.89

Competitive Comparison of Canfor Pulp Products's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Paper & Paper Products subindustry, Canfor Pulp Products'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.


Canfor Pulp Products's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Forest Products Industry

For the Forest Products industry and Basic Materials sector, Canfor Pulp Products's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Canfor Pulp Products Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Canfor Pulp Products's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(98.7 + 1.2) / -148.4
=-0.67

Canfor Pulp Products's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(75.6 + 1.2) / 86.4
=0.89

* 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. 2025) EBITDA data.


Canfor Pulp Products  (TSX:CFX) 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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Canfor Pulp Products Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
161 East 4th Avenue, Suite 101, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V5T 1G4
Canfor Pulp Products Inc produces and sells northern bleached softwood kraft pulp, or NBSK pulp and paper. The company also generates and sells electricity from biomass out of its pulp plants in Western Canada. The firm organizes itself into two segments based on product: pulp and paper. The pulp segment generates the majority of the revenue, which is engaged in purchase of residual fiber, and production and sale of pulp products, including NBSK pulp and BCTMP as well as energy revenues; The Paper segment includes the production and sale of paper products, including bleached, unbleached and colored paper. Geographically, the company generates a majority of its revenue from Asia and the rest from the United States, Canada, Europe, and other regions.
Executives
Stan Bracken-horrocks Director
Mans Johansson Director or Senior Officer of 10% Security Holder
Peter John Gerald Bentley Director, Director or Senior Officer of 10% Security Holder
Conrad Alfred Pinette Director

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