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BVZ Holding AG (XSWX:BVZN) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 5.92 (As of Jun. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

BVZ Holding AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was CHF7.7 Mil. BVZ Holding AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was CHF340.8 Mil. BVZ Holding AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was CHF58.8 Mil. BVZ Holding AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 5.92.

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 BVZ Holding AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XSWX:BVZN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.46   Med: 5.87   Max: 10.83
Current: 5.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of BVZ Holding AG was 10.83. The lowest was 3.46. And the median was 5.87.

XSWX:BVZN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
76.92% of 845 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.83 vs XSWX:BVZN: 5.58

BVZ Holding AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for BVZ Holding AG'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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BVZ Holding AG Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.61 3.46 10.83 7.91 5.90

BVZ Holding AG Semi-Annual Data
Dec13 Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 11.91 5.82 6.10 4.69 5.92

Competitive Comparison

For the Railroads subindustry, BVZ Holding AG'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.


BVZ Holding AG Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, BVZ Holding AG's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



BVZ Holding AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

BVZ Holding AG's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(8.449 + 301.486) / 52.563
=5.90

BVZ Holding AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(7.675 + 340.779) / 58.832
=5.92

* 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 (Jun. 2023) EBITDA data.


BVZ Holding AG  (XSWX:BVZN) 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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BVZ Holding AG (XSWX:BVZN) Business Description

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Address
Bahnhofplatz 7, Brig, CHE, 3900
BVZ Holding AG is Switzerland based firm with its subsidiaries operates a railroad. The Company runs a mountain railway that provides the only access to Zermatt, where road traffic is banned. It is also involved in real estate business.

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