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Belships ASA (OSL:BELCO) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.14 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Belships ASA Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Belships ASA's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr272 Mil. Belships ASA's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr5,486 Mil. Belships ASA's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was kr1,393 Mil. Belships ASA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 4.13.

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 Belships ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

OSL:BELCO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -17.18   Med: 3.1   Max: 9.8
Current: 3.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Belships ASA was 9.80. The lowest was -17.18. And the median was 3.10.

OSL:BELCO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
60.12% of 840 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.83 vs OSL:BELCO: 3.61

Belships ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Belships ASA'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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Belships ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Belships ASA 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 5.39 9.79 2.34 2.50 3.44

Belships ASA 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 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 3.23 4.02 4.12 3.14 4.14

Competitive Comparison of Belships ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Marine Shipping subindustry, Belships ASA'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.


Belships ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Belships ASA's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Belships ASA Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Belships ASA'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
=(282.038 + 5661.525) / 1729.237
=3.44

Belships ASA's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(272.306 + 5485.639) / 1392.52
=4.13

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Belships ASA  (OSL:BELCO) 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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Belships ASA (OSL:BELCO) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Lilleakerveien 6D, 7th floor, Oslo, NOR, N-0283
Belships ASA is a fully integrated owner and operator of dry bulk ships. The company also provides commercial and technical ship management services. The Group is divided into the operating segments of dry bulk and technical management. The dry bulk segment is further divided into 2 reportable segments: own ships (owned or leased) and ships operating in the spot market and operation/commercial management. The operating segments have worldwide activities. Shipping, in general, offers a global service covering major global trade routes.

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