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Smiths News (Smiths News) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.50 (As of Aug. 2023)


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What is Smiths News Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Smiths News's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $19 Mil. Smiths News's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $62 Mil. Smiths News's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was $54 Mil. Smiths News's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 was 1.50.

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

SMWPY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -9.65   Med: 1.88   Max: 4.34
Current: 1.37

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Smiths News was 4.34. The lowest was -9.65. And the median was 1.88.

SMWPY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
54.25% of 682 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.675 vs SMWPY: 1.37

Smiths News Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Smiths News'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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Smiths News Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Smiths News Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.89 4.34 2.09 1.71 1.37

Smiths News Semi-Annual Data
Feb14 Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23
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 2.26 1.87 1.87 1.38 1.50

Competitive Comparison of Smiths News's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Publishing subindustry, Smiths News'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.


Smiths News's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Smiths News's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Smiths News Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Smiths News's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(18.933 + 61.626) / 58.958
=1.37

Smiths News's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(18.933 + 61.626) / 53.876
=1.50

* 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 (Aug. 2023) EBITDA data.


Smiths News  (OTCPK:SMWPY) 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.


Smiths News Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Smiths News (Smiths News) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, GBR, SN2 8UH
Smiths News PLC is a UK-based wholesale distributor of published content. The group is one of the UK's foremost publishers of newspapers and magazines, and it also operates as a book distributor through bookstores and an online platform serving the needs of academics and public libraries. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the United Kingdom. Its segments include Smiths News Core; Dawson Media Direct (DMD); Instore and others.