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Balmer Lawrie (BOM:523319) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.26 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Balmer Lawrie Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Balmer Lawrie's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹254 Mil. Balmer Lawrie's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹877 Mil. Balmer Lawrie's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was ₹4,368 Mil. Balmer Lawrie's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.26.

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 Balmer Lawrie's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BOM:523319' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06   Med: 0.52   Max: 0.66
Current: 0.41

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Balmer Lawrie was 0.66. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.52.

BOM:523319's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
86.27% of 415 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 3.12 vs BOM:523319: 0.41

Balmer Lawrie Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Balmer Lawrie'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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Balmer Lawrie Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Balmer Lawrie Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.50 0.66 0.60 0.51 0.32

Balmer Lawrie 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 0.44 - 0.36 - 0.26

Competitive Comparison of Balmer Lawrie's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Balmer Lawrie'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.


Balmer Lawrie's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

For the Conglomerates industry and Industrials sector, Balmer Lawrie's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Balmer Lawrie Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Balmer Lawrie's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(254.072 + 876.753) / 3557.01
=0.32

Balmer Lawrie'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
=(254.072 + 876.753) / 4367.76
=0.26

* 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.


Balmer Lawrie  (BOM:523319) 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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Balmer Lawrie (BOM:523319) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Netaji Subhas Road, No. 21, Kolkata, WB, IND, 700 001
Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd operates through various segments namely Industrial Packaging, Logistics Infrastructure, Logistic Services, Travel and Vacations, Greases and Lubricants, and Others. The company generates a majority of its revenue from the Industrial Packaging segment followed by Logistic Services.

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