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UCB (XBRU:UCB) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.20 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is UCB Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

UCB's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €42 Mil. UCB's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €2,996 Mil. UCB's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €950 Mil. UCB's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.20.

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

XBRU:UCB' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.96   Med: 1.79   Max: 4.45
Current: 2.38

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of UCB was 4.45. The lowest was 0.96. And the median was 1.79.

XBRU:UCB's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
59.71% of 278 companies
in the Biotechnology industry
Industry Median: 1.375 vs XBRU:UCB: 2.38

UCB Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for UCB'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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UCB Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

UCB 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 0.96 2.11 1.33 2.48 2.38

UCB Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 1.45 1.85 4.06 1.81 3.20

Competitive Comparison of UCB's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Biotechnology subindustry, UCB'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.


UCB's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Biotechnology Industry

For the Biotechnology industry and Healthcare sector, UCB's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



UCB Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

UCB'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
=(42 + 2996) / 1276
=2.38

UCB'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
=(42 + 2996) / 950
=3.20

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


UCB  (XBRU:UCB) 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.


UCB Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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UCB (XBRU:UCB) Business Description

Address
Allee de la Recherche, 60, Brussels, BEL, B-1070
UCB is a Belgium-based biopharma firm focused on the development of novel therapies for the treatment of central nervous system and immunologic diseases. Historically, revenue was derived from allergy medicine Zyrtec and epilepsy drug Keppra, which have both lost patent protection. The firm's key products are Cimzia (immunology), Vimpat (epilepsy), Neupro (Parkinson's disease and restless leg syndrome), Briviact (epilepsy), Bimzelx (psoriasis), Evenity (osteoporosis), Nayzilam (cluster seizures), and Fintepla (Dravet Syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome).

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