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Continental AG (XTER:CON) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.57 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Continental AG Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Continental AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €2,951 Mil. Continental AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €4,211 Mil. Continental AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €4,577 Mil. Continental AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.56.

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

XTER:CON' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 1.34   Max: 2.15
Current: 1.68

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Continental AG was 2.15. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 1.34.

XTER:CON's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
62.49% of 1037 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 2.36 vs XTER:CON: 1.68

Continental AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Continental 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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Continental AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Continental AG 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 1.53 2.15 1.45 1.92 1.68

Continental AG 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 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 1.64 1.79 2.12 2.06 1.57

Competitive Comparison of Continental AG's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Continental 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.


Continental AG's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Continental AG's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Continental AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Continental AG'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
=(2950.6 + 4211.2) / 4263.5
=1.68

Continental AG'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
=(2950.6 + 4211.2) / 4576.8
=1.56

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Continental AG  (XTER:CON) 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.


Continental AG Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Continental AG (XTER:CON) Business Description

Address
Vahrenwalder Strasse 9, Hanover, NI, DEU, 30165
Continental is a global auto supplier and tiremaker. Operating segments include the automotive group (electrical architecture and networking, autonomous mobility, safety and motion, smart mobility, and user experience), tires, and ContiTech which uses rubber in industrial and automotive components and systems. Last year, automotive group revenue was around 48% of the total, tire was 35%, ContiTech was 16%, and contract manufacturing for Vitesco was 1%. Top five customers include Ford, Mercedes-Benz, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, Stellantis, and Volkswagen, representing about 32% of total revenue. Europe, at 47% of total revenue, is the companies largest market, followed by North America at 27%, Asia (mostly China) at 22%, and 4% in other regions.
Executives
Christian Koetz Board of Directors
Katja Dürrfeld Board of Directors
Philip Nelles Board of Directors
Nikolai Setzer Board of Directors
Dr. Ariane Reinhart Board of Directors
Frank Jourdan Board of Directors
Helmut Matschi Board of Directors
Andreas Wolf Board of Directors

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