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Vaisala Oyj (Vaisala Oyj) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.07 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Vaisala Oyj Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Vaisala Oyj's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2.9 Mil. Vaisala Oyj's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $63.7 Mil. Vaisala Oyj's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $62.2 Mil. Vaisala Oyj's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.07.

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

VAIAF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.63   Med: 0.75   Max: 1.08
Current: 0.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Vaisala Oyj was 1.08. The lowest was 0.63. And the median was 0.75.

VAIAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
71.64% of 1735 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.8 vs VAIAF: 0.70

Vaisala Oyj Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vaisala Oyj'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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Vaisala Oyj Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Vaisala Oyj 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 0.80 0.90 0.71 0.68 0.63

Vaisala Oyj Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 0.66 0.87 0.50 0.63 1.07

Competitive Comparison of Vaisala Oyj's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Vaisala Oyj'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.


Vaisala Oyj's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Vaisala Oyj's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Vaisala Oyj Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Vaisala Oyj'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
=(3.053 + 64.667) / 108.288
=0.63

Vaisala Oyj's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2.935 + 63.696) / 62.172
=1.07

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Vaisala Oyj  (OTCPK:VAIAF) 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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Vaisala Oyj (Vaisala Oyj) Business Description

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Address
Vanha Nurmijarventie 21, P.O. Box 26, Vantaa, FIN, 01670
Vaisala Oyj operates through Weather and Environment Business Area and Industrial Measurements Business Area segments. The company has two operating segments which are based on the type of business operations: Industrial Measurements business area and Weather and Environment business area. Industrial Measurements Business Area serves customers who operate in industries in which the monitoring of conditions is crucial to optimize operational efficiency, product quality, and energy consumption. Vaisala generates the majority of revenue through the weather segment and its business across is amplifying worldwide.

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