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AZZ (FRA:AI7) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.64 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is AZZ Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

AZZ's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was €6 Mil. AZZ's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was €900 Mil. AZZ's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was €249 Mil. AZZ's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 3.64.

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

FRA:AI7' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.52   Med: 2.18   Max: 4.31
Current: 3.09

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of AZZ was 4.31. The lowest was 1.52. And the median was 2.18.

FRA:AI7's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
64.54% of 829 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.88 vs FRA:AI7: 3.09

AZZ Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

AZZ Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.92 2.72 2.16 4.31 3.09

AZZ Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 4.74 3.13 3.12 3.06 3.64

Competitive Comparison of AZZ's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, AZZ'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.


AZZ's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

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

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



AZZ Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

AZZ's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6.173 + 899.717) / 293.48
=3.09

AZZ's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6.173 + 899.717) / 248.752
=3.64

* 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


AZZ  (FRA:AI7) 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.


AZZ Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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AZZ (FRA:AI7) Business Description

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Address
3100 West 7th Street, Suite 500, One Museum Place, Fort Worth, TX, USA, 76107
AZZ Inc is a provider of galvanizing and a variety of metal coating solutions and coil coating solutions to a broad range of end markets in North America. In its Metal Coatings segment, the company offers metal finishing services to protect against corrosion, such as hot dip galvanizing, spin galvanizing, powder coating, anodizing, and plating. The Precoat Metals Segment offers aesthetic and corrosion-resistant coatings for steel and aluminum coils.

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