Il Sole 24 Ore (MIL:S24) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.49 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Il Sole 24 Ore Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Il Sole 24 Ore's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €16.8 Mil. Il Sole 24 Ore's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €77.5 Mil. Il Sole 24 Ore's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €37.8 Mil. Il Sole 24 Ore's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.49.

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 Il Sole 24 Ore's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

MIL:S24' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.27 Med: 3.32 Max: 33.14
Current: 3.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Il Sole 24 Ore was 33.14. The lowest was -3.27. And the median was 3.32.

MIL:S24's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
68.34% of 679 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.69 vs MIL:S24: 3.33

Il Sole 24 Ore Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Il Sole 24 Ore's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Il Sole 24 Ore Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Il Sole 24 Ore Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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1.91

5.07

33.14

3.84

3.33

Il Sole 24 Ore 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															5.96	2.35	6.31	2.49	-

Competitive Comparison of Il Sole 24 Ore's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Publishing subindustry, Il Sole 24 Ore'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.

Il Sole 24 Ore's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Il Sole 24 Ore's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Il Sole 24 Ore's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Il Sole 24 Ore Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Il Sole 24 Ore'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
	=	(16.82	+	77.465)	/	28.293
	=	3.33

Il Sole 24 Ore'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
	=	(16.82	+	77.465)	/	37.828
	=	2.49

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.

Il Sole 24 Ore (MIL:S24) 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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Il Sole 24 Ore (MIL:S24) Business Description

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Address

Via Monte Rosa, 91, Milan, MI, ITA, 20149

Website

http://www.ilsole24ore.com

Il Sole 24 Ore is engaged in publishing news, books, and magazines. The company's segments are categorized into seven divisions. The Publishing and Digital division engages in publishing the daily newspaper, broadsheets, magazines, website, and the radiocor plus press agency. The Tax and legal segment provide products with technical and regulatory content. Its Radio segment manages the national radio 24 broadcasters. The System segment functions as an advertising sales agency. The Education and services segment provides training to young university graduates, managers, and professionals. The Culture segment comprises of the production of exhibitions and book publication. The Corporate and centralized services seek departments and the services associated with the support processes.

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