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Cobalt Blue Holdings (ASX:COB) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.47 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Cobalt Blue Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cobalt Blue Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$0.41 Mil. Cobalt Blue Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$2.80 Mil. Cobalt Blue Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$-6.78 Mil. Cobalt Blue Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.47.

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 Cobalt Blue Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ASX:COB' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.75   Med: -0.58   Max: -0.24
Current: -0.55

During the past 6 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cobalt Blue Holdings was -0.24. The lowest was -1.75. And the median was -0.58.

ASX:COB's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 533 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 1.98 vs ASX:COB: -0.55

Cobalt Blue Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cobalt Blue Holdings'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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Cobalt Blue Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cobalt Blue Holdings Annual Data
Trend Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial -0.24 -1.75 -1.01 -0.58 -0.59

Cobalt Blue Holdings Semi-Annual Data
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 -0.70 -0.45 -0.50 -0.65 -0.47

Competitive Comparison of Cobalt Blue Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Other Industrial Metals & Mining subindustry, Cobalt Blue Holdings'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.


Cobalt Blue Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Cobalt Blue Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Cobalt Blue Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Cobalt Blue Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cobalt Blue Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(0.432 + 2.712) / -5.335
=-0.59

Cobalt Blue Holdings'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
=(0.408 + 2.799) / -6.782
=-0.47

* 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.


Cobalt Blue Holdings  (ASX:COB) 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.


Cobalt Blue Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Cobalt Blue Holdings (ASX:COB) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
100 Miller Street, Suite 17.03, Level 17, North Sydney, Sydney, NSW, AUS, 2060
Cobalt Blue Holdings Ltd focuses upon the development and commercialisation of the Broken Hill Cobalt Deposit, Broken Hill, NSW. Its only operating segment being the exploration and evaluation of early-stage cobalt resources. The company's other project includes the Thackaringa Cobalt Project.

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