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Mercia Asset Management (LSE:MERC) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.14 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Mercia Asset Management Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Mercia Asset Management's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.42 Mil. Mercia Asset Management's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £0.45 Mil. Mercia Asset Management's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was £6.30 Mil. Mercia Asset Management's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.14.

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 Mercia Asset Management's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:MERC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.99   Med: 0.01   Max: 0.18
Current: -3.99

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Mercia Asset Management was 0.18. The lowest was -3.99. And the median was 0.01.

LSE:MERC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 358 companies
in the Asset Management industry
Industry Median: 1.315 vs LSE:MERC: -3.99

Mercia Asset Management Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Mercia Asset Management'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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Mercia Asset Management Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Mercia Asset Management Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - -0.04 0.01 0.02 0.18

Mercia Asset Management Semi-Annual Data
Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 0.02 0.01 0.02 -0.14 0.14

Competitive Comparison of Mercia Asset Management's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Asset Management subindustry, Mercia Asset Management'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.


Mercia Asset Management's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Mercia Asset Management's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Mercia Asset Management's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Mercia Asset Management Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Mercia Asset Management's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.333 + 0.574) / 5.084
=0.18

Mercia Asset Management's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.42 + 0.449) / 6.296
=0.14

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Mercia Asset Management  (LSE:MERC) 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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Mercia Asset Management (LSE:MERC) Business Description

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Address
17 High Street, Forward House, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, GBR, B95 5AA
Mercia Asset Management PLC is a specialist asset manager focusing on supporting regional SMEs. The company provides capital across its four asset classes proprietary balance sheet capital, venture capital, private equity, and debt. The company initially nurtures businesses via its third-party funds under management and then, over time, provides further funding to the companies by deploying direct investment follow-on capital from its balance sheet. It has more than eight offices in the UK region, approx. 20 university partnerships and extensive personal networks, providing it with access to high-quality deal flow.