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Veolia Environnement (XPAR:VIE) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.50 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Veolia Environnement Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Veolia Environnement's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €2,145 Mil. Veolia Environnement's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €18,315 Mil. Veolia Environnement's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €5,846 Mil. Veolia Environnement's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.50.

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

XPAR:VIE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.56   Med: 3.45   Max: 4.39
Current: 3.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Veolia Environnement was 4.39. The lowest was 0.56. And the median was 3.45.

XPAR:VIE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.81% of 185 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 3.45 vs XPAR:VIE: 3.49

Veolia Environnement Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Veolia Environnement'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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Veolia Environnement Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Veolia Environnement 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 3.29 4.39 3.77 4.04 3.49

Veolia Environnement 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 4.13 5.03 3.45 3.65 3.50

Competitive Comparison of Veolia Environnement's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Waste Management subindustry, Veolia Environnement'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.


Veolia Environnement's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, Veolia Environnement's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Veolia Environnement Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Veolia Environnement'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
=(2145 + 18315) / 5864
=3.49

Veolia Environnement'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
=(2145 + 18315) / 5845.8
=3.50

* 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.


Veolia Environnement  (XPAR:VIE) 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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Veolia Environnement (XPAR:VIE) Business Description

Address
30, rue Madeleine Vionnet, Aubervilliers, FRA, 93300
Veolia is the largest water company globally and a leading player in France. It is also involved in waste management with a significant exposure to France, the United Kingdom, Germany, the United States, and Australia. The third pillar of the group is energy services, giving the group significant exposure to Central Europe. Veolia started to refocus its activities in 2011, leading to the exit of almost half of its countries and of its transport activity. The integration of most activities of the historical rival Suez in 2022 drove a turnover increase of nearly 40%.