Centum Investment Co (NAI:CTUM) Debt-to-EBITDA : 28.56 (As of Sep. 2023)

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What is Centum Investment Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Centum Investment Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was KES0 Mil. Centum Investment Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was KES17,780 Mil. Centum Investment Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was KES623 Mil. Centum Investment Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 28.56.

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 Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

NAI:CTUM' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -26.88 Med: 2.65 Max: 14.52
Current: -17.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Centum Investment Co was 14.52. The lowest was -26.88. And the median was 2.65.

NAI:CTUM's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 416 companies
in the Capital Markets industry
Industry Median: 1.5 vs NAI:CTUM: -17.08

Centum Investment Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Centum Investment Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Centum Investment Co Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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3.20

2.43

14.52

6.85

-26.88

Centum Investment Co Semi-Annual Data
	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Sep22	Mar23	Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-18.89	3.72	-137.51	-7.30	28.56

Competitive Comparison of Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Capital Markets subindustry, Centum Investment Co'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.

Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Capital Markets Industry

For the Capital Markets industry and Financial Services sector, Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Centum Investment Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Centum Investment Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(11156.359	+	8595.387)	/	-734.889
	=	-26.88

Centum Investment Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0	+	17780)	/	622.586
	=	28.56

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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.

Centum Investment Co (NAI:CTUM) 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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Limuru Road, Two Rivers Office Towers, P.O. Box 10518, 9th Floor, South Tower, Nairobi, KEN, 00100

Website

https://www.centum.co.ke

Centum Investment Co Ltd is an investment company that provides access to a portfolio of inaccessible, quality, diversified investments to investors. Its objective is to consistently generate market-beating returns by building extraordinary enterprises throughout Africa. The company's operating segment include Private Equity; Real Estate and Marketable securities. The Private Equity segment includes publishing, financial services, and utility companies as well as also responsible for managing Development Portfolio. The Marketable securities segment includes dividend and interest income, real estate sales and proceeds from exits in the private equity and marketable securities portfolios and the Real Estate segment includes developments in East Africa.

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