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Silicon Optronics (TPE:3530) Debt-to-EBITDA : 251.27 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Silicon Optronics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Silicon Optronics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$156 Mil. Silicon Optronics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$200 Mil. Silicon Optronics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$1 Mil. Silicon Optronics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 251.27.

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

TPE:3530' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.62   Med: 0.4   Max: 2.4
Current: -3.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Silicon Optronics was 2.40. The lowest was -3.62. And the median was 0.40.

TPE:3530's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 698 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.545 vs TPE:3530: -3.62

Silicon Optronics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Silicon Optronics'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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Silicon Optronics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Silicon Optronics 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 0.09 0.86 0.36 2.40 -1.79

Silicon Optronics 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 -0.76 -7.25 4.73 -1.21 251.27

Competitive Comparison of Silicon Optronics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Semiconductors subindustry, Silicon Optronics'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.


Silicon Optronics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Silicon Optronics's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Silicon Optronics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Silicon Optronics's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(306.478 + 200.961) / -282.951
=-1.79

Silicon Optronics'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
=(155.802 + 200) / 1.416
=251.27

* 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.


Silicon Optronics  (TPE:3530) 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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Silicon Optronics (TPE:3530) Business Description

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Li Hsin 1st Road, 10-2, 4th Floor, East District, Hsin-Chu, TWN, 300
Silicon Optronics Inc is engaged in the designing, development, and sales of complementary metal-oxide semiconductors. Its products comprise of two main lines: Area Sensor and Linear Sensor. Area sensor segment serves the mobile market for smart phones and tablets, notebook applications such as PC cam and webcam, digital still cameras, and security and surveillance systems. The linear sensor segment serves the market for document scanners, multifunction printers, barcode scanners, and fax machines.

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