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Judges Scientific (FRA:IUF) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.17 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Judges Scientific Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Judges Scientific's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €8.6 Mil. Judges Scientific's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €67.2 Mil. Judges Scientific's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €64.5 Mil. Judges Scientific's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.17.

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 Judges Scientific's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:IUF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1   Med: 1.68   Max: 2.45
Current: 1.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Judges Scientific was 2.45. The lowest was 1.00. And the median was 1.68.

FRA:IUF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
50.81% of 1728 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.805 vs FRA:IUF: 1.75

Judges Scientific Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Judges Scientific'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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Judges Scientific Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Judges Scientific 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 1.02 1.73 1.05 1.90 1.80

Judges Scientific Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.90 3.83 1.23 3.67 1.17

Competitive Comparison of Judges Scientific's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Scientific & Technical Instruments subindustry, Judges Scientific'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.


Judges Scientific's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

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

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



Judges Scientific Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Judges Scientific'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
=(8.59 + 67.208) / 42.019
=1.80

Judges Scientific'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
=(8.59 + 67.208) / 64.538
=1.17

* 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.


Judges Scientific  (FRA:IUF) 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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Judges Scientific (FRA:IUF) Business Description

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Address
52c Borough High Street, London, GBR, SE1 1XN
Judges Scientific PLC is engaged in the designing, manufacturing, and sale of scientific instruments. The company operates two main operating segments: Materials Sciences and Vacuum. The firm specializes in the acquisition and development of a portfolio of scientific instrument businesses. The company has operational footprints across the United Kingdom, the Rest of Europe, North America, and the Rest of the world.

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