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Russel Metals (FRA:RMZ) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.16 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Russel Metals Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Russel Metals's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €14 Mil. Russel Metals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €203 Mil. Russel Metals's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €187 Mil. Russel Metals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 1.16.

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 Russel Metals's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:RMZ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -15.85   Med: 1.76   Max: 3.2
Current: 0.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Russel Metals was 3.20. The lowest was -15.85. And the median was 1.76.

FRA:RMZ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
73.13% of 134 companies
in the Industrial Distribution industry
Industry Median: 2.135 vs FRA:RMZ: 0.96

Russel Metals Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Russel Metals'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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Russel Metals Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Russel Metals 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 3.06 3.20 0.61 0.73 0.95

Russel Metals Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 1.04 1.19 1.17 0.78 1.16

Competitive Comparison of Russel Metals's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Industrial Distribution subindustry, Russel Metals'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.


Russel Metals's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Distribution Industry

For the Industrial Distribution industry and Industrials sector, Russel Metals's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Russel Metals Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Russel Metals'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
=(10.731 + 278.053) / 304.095
=0.95

Russel Metals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(13.569 + 202.868) / 187.304
=1.16

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Russel Metals  (FRA:RMZ) 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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Russel Metals Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6600 Financial Drive, Mississauga, ON, CAN, L5N 7J6
Russel Metals Inc is a Canada-based metal distribution company. The company conducts business primarily through three metals distribution segments: metals service centers; Energy Field Stores; and steel distributors. The metal service centers provide processing and distribution services to a broad base of end-users. The Energy Field Stores segment distributes oil country tubular goods, line pipe, tubes, valves, and fittings, primarily to the energy industry in Western Canada and the U.S. The steel distributors segment acts as master distributors selling steel in large volumes to other steel service centers and equipment manufacturers mainly on an "as is" basis. The company generates all of its revenue from the North American market.

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