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Taiwan Secom Co (TPE:9917) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.26 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Taiwan Secom Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Taiwan Secom Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$2,708 Mil. Taiwan Secom Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$3,749 Mil. Taiwan Secom Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was NT$5,133 Mil. Taiwan Secom Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.26.

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 Taiwan Secom Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:9917' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.75   Med: 1.05   Max: 1.92
Current: 1.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Taiwan Secom Co was 1.92. The lowest was 0.75. And the median was 1.05.

TPE:9917's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
59.95% of 829 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.86 vs TPE:9917: 1.31

Taiwan Secom Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Taiwan Secom Co'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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Taiwan Secom Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Taiwan Secom Co 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 1.21 1.06 0.99 1.33 1.31

Taiwan Secom Co Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.27 1.25 1.20 1.31 1.26

Competitive Comparison of Taiwan Secom Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Security & Protection Services subindustry, Taiwan Secom Co'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.


Taiwan Secom Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Taiwan Secom Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Taiwan Secom Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Taiwan Secom Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Taiwan Secom Co'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
=(2707.777 + 3749.265) / 4934.664
=1.31

Taiwan Secom Co'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
=(2707.777 + 3749.265) / 5133.336
=1.26

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Taiwan Secom Co  (TPE:9917) 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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Taiwan Secom Co (TPE:9917) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
No. 139, Zhengzhou Road, 6th Floor, Taipei, TWN
Taiwan Secom Co Ltd is involved in security and protection services. The company has four operating segments; the Electronic system segment engages in security system-related services, the Security guard service segment engages in security guarding related services, the Cash delivery service segment engages in cash delivery service, and the Logistics service segment engages in logistic service. It generates maximum revenue from the Electronic System segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from Taiwan.

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