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Kitagawa (TSE:6317) Debt-to-EBITDA : 7.38 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Kitagawa Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Kitagawa's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円9,834 Mil. Kitagawa's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円7,518 Mil. Kitagawa's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円2,352 Mil. Kitagawa's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.38.

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

TSE:6317' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.27   Med: 2.22   Max: 5.93
Current: 5.93

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kitagawa was 5.93. The lowest was 1.27. And the median was 2.22.

TSE:6317's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
83.68% of 2279 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs TSE:6317: 5.93

Kitagawa Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kitagawa'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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Kitagawa Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kitagawa 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 1.27 1.72 2.83 4.07 3.80

Kitagawa 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 -8.98 8.75 2.25 11.57 7.38

Competitive Comparison of Kitagawa's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Kitagawa'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.


Kitagawa's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Kitagawa's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Kitagawa Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Kitagawa'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
=(6222 + 7598) / 3633
=3.80

Kitagawa'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
=(9834 + 7518) / 2352
=7.38

* 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.


Kitagawa  (TSE:6317) 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.


Kitagawa Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Kitagawa (TSE:6317) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
77-1 Motomachi, Fuchu-shi, Hiroshima, JPN, 726-8610
Kitagawa Corp is the diversified machinery manufacturing company based in Japan. It is specialised in three core businesses: the production and development of casting and machining techniques of metal raw materials; supplying power chucks and numerically controlled rotary tables to the global machine tool industry; constructing custom-made concrete and recycling plants as well as providing construction machinery for various projects, including bridge erection and self-propelled multi-floor parking. The company has an operational presence across the United Kingdom, the United States of America, China, Taiwan, Australia, Germany and other regions.

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