ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.59 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $80.5 Mil. ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $430.8 Mil. ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $91.5 Mil. ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.59.

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 ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

IMOS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.01 Med: 1.54 Max: 22.36
Current: 22.36

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES was 22.36. The lowest was 1.01. And the median was 1.54.

IMOS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
96.75% of 707 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.61 vs IMOS: 22.36

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES Annual Data

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1.41

1.18

1.02

1.67

2.19

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-	-	N/A	N/A	5.59

Competitive Comparison of ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Semiconductors subindustry, ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES'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.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES'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
	=	(80.504	+	430.755)	/	234.021
	=	2.18

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES'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
	=	(80.504	+	430.755)	/	91.452
	=	5.59

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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (NAS:IMOS) 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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ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES (ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES) Business Description

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No. 1, R&D Road 1, Hsinchu Science Park, Hsinchu, TWN

Website

https://www.chipmos.com

ChipMOS TECHNOLOGIES Inc provides semiconductor testing and packaging solutions to fabless companies, integrated device manufacturers, and foundries. Its service targets include semiconductor design companies, integrated component manufacturing companies, and semiconductor wafers factories. The company's segments include Testing, Assembly, Testing, and Assembly for LCD, OLED, and other Display Panel Driver Semiconductors (LCDD), Bumping, and others. The Company derives a majority of its revenue from Taiwan followed by Japan, People's Republic of China, Singapore, and others.