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Georg Fischer AG (XSWX:GF) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.32 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Georg Fischer AG Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Georg Fischer AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF0 Mil. Georg Fischer AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF625 Mil. Georg Fischer AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF474 Mil. Georg Fischer AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.32.

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 Georg Fischer AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XSWX:GF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.13   Med: 1.28   Max: 2.59
Current: 1.34

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Georg Fischer AG was 2.59. The lowest was 1.13. And the median was 1.28.

XSWX:GF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
56.64% of 2295 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.72 vs XSWX:GF: 1.34

Georg Fischer AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Georg Fischer AG'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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Georg Fischer AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Georg Fischer AG 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 1.56 2.59 1.90 1.26 1.34

Georg Fischer AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 1.94 1.64 1.19 1.36 1.32

Competitive Comparison of Georg Fischer AG's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Georg Fischer AG'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.


Georg Fischer AG's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

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

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



Georg Fischer AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Georg Fischer AG's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Georg Fischer AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Georg Fischer AG  (XSWX:GF) 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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Georg Fischer AG (XSWX:GF) Business Description

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Address
Amsler-Laffon-Strasse 9, Schaffhausen, CHE, 8201
Georg Fischer AG provides transportation of liquids and gases, lightweight casting components in vehicles, and high-precision manufacturing technologies. It supplies plastic and metal piping systems, valves and fittings, electrical discharge machines, and other additive manufacturing solutions. The company is one of the world's leading providers for the tool and mold-making industry and services customers in utilities, automotive, aerospace, water and gas, and other industrial Applications. Revenue is divided among three divisions: piping systems, casting solutions, and machining solutions. The firm has global distribution resources with various sales and representative offices. Approximately half of total revenue derives from Europe, with Germany being an important region for the company.

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