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Gakken Holdings Co (TSE:9470) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.66 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Gakken Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Gakken Holdings Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円21,390 Mil. Gakken Holdings Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円21,107 Mil. Gakken Holdings Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 円15,956 Mil. Gakken Holdings Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.66.

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

TSE:9470' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.96   Med: 4.27   Max: 6.63
Current: 5.16

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Gakken Holdings Co was 6.63. The lowest was 2.96. And the median was 4.27.

TSE:9470's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
79.67% of 182 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.695 vs TSE:9470: 5.16

Gakken Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Gakken Holdings 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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Gakken Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Gakken Holdings Co Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.10 4.69 4.25 4.29 4.19

Gakken Holdings Co 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 5.50 38.76 2.68 10,734.50 2.66

Competitive Comparison of Gakken Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Gakken Holdings 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.


Gakken Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Gakken Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Gakken Holdings Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Gakken Holdings Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(17201 + 25052) / 10081
=4.19

Gakken Holdings Co'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
=(21390 + 21107) / 15956
=2.66

* 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.


Gakken Holdings Co  (TSE:9470) 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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Gakken Holdings Co (TSE:9470) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
11-8 Nishigotanda 2-chome, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 141-8510
Gakken Holdings Co Ltd is a Japan-based company offering education and training services. Its business activities include publishing, education, and stationery. Its publishing business includes picture books, illustrated reference books, reading materials, study guides, educational books helpful for business skills, and entertainment magazines. Education business conducts science experiment, math, and intellectual development classroom sessions. Stationery business design, develop and sell stationeries and general merchandises such as fusen (tags), notebook, fun-tape, letters, envelopes, calendars, and lunch boxes. Gakken also develops and operates daycare centers, kindergartens, special services for the elderly, and own-home nursing services.

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