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Wilmington (LSE:WIL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.28 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Wilmington Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Wilmington's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £1.4 Mil. Wilmington's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £4.5 Mil. Wilmington's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £20.7 Mil. Wilmington's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.28.

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

LSE:WIL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.16   Med: 2   Max: 8.68
Current: 0.2

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Wilmington was 8.68. The lowest was 0.16. And the median was 2.00.

LSE:WIL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
87.85% of 181 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.67 vs LSE:WIL: 0.20

Wilmington Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Wilmington Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.70 3.34 3.88 0.16 0.24

Wilmington 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 0.95 0.11 0.40 0.19 0.28

Competitive Comparison of Wilmington's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, Wilmington'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.


Wilmington's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Education Industry

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

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



Wilmington Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Wilmington's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.975 + 6.235) / 30.66
=0.24

Wilmington's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(1.413 + 4.478) / 20.712
=0.28

* 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.


Wilmington  (LSE:WIL) 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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Wilmington (LSE:WIL) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10 Whitechapel High Street, 5th Floor, London, GBR, E1 8QS
Wilmington PLC is an information services provider offering education and networking capabilities to its clients. Key focus areas include Risk & Compliance, Finance, Legal, and Insight. Its two Divisions are (Training & Education and Intelligence) Wilmington's portfolio of offerings includes data, information, intelligence, and solution sales; professional education, training, events and services; professional accreditation and assessment; and large, industry-leading annual networking events. Geographic areas of presence, Europe (excluding the UK), North America, and the Rest of the World.

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