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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable) Debt-to-EBITDA : 6.07 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $57.7 Mil. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $4.3 Mil. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $10.2 Mil. Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 6.07.

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 Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

APWC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -22.92   Med: 1.74   Max: 8.46
Current: 8.46

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable was 8.46. The lowest was -22.92. And the median was 1.74.

APWC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
88.89% of 2296 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.75 vs APWC: 8.46

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Asia Pacific Wire & Cable'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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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.42 1.95 1.17 -20.78 4.05

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Quarterly Data
Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23
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 N/A 5.20 3.16 N/A 6.07

Competitive Comparison of Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Electrical Equipment & Parts subindustry, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable'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.


Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable'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
=(46.203 + 14.102) / 14.888
=4.05

Asia Pacific Wire & Cable's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(57.723 + 4.347) / 10.232
=6.07

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Asia Pacific Wire & Cable  (NAS:APWC) 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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Asia Pacific Wire & Cable (Asia Pacific Wire & Cable) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Dunhua South Road, 15th Floor, B, No. 77, Section. 2, Taipei, TWN, 106
Asia Pacific Wire & Cable Corp Ltd is a holding company. It is principally engaged in owning operating companies engaged in the power cable, telecommunication cable, enameled wire, and electronic cable industry. It also provides project engineering services to customers. Some of its products are Bare wires, Power cables, Communication cables, Electronic wires & cables, and Enamelled wires. The company's geographical segments are North Asia, Thailand, and Rest of the World.
Executives
Msd Capital L P 10 percent owner 1 VANDERBILT AVENUE, 26TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10017-5407
Sof Investments Lp 10 percent owner