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Scott Technology (NZSE:SCT) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.20 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Scott Technology Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Scott Technology's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was NZ$37.7 Mil. Scott Technology's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was NZ$24.6 Mil. Scott Technology's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was NZ$28.4 Mil. Scott Technology's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 2.20.

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

NZSE:SCT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -2.18   Med: 1.03   Max: 2.41
Current: 2.09

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Scott Technology was 2.41. The lowest was -2.18. And the median was 1.03.

NZSE:SCT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
55.79% of 2280 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.695 vs NZSE:SCT: 2.09

Scott Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Scott Technology'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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Scott Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Scott Technology 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 1.69 -2.18 0.96 1.10 1.15

Scott Technology Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 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 1.54 1.10 1.02 1.12 2.20

Competitive Comparison of Scott Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Scott Technology'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.


Scott Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Scott Technology's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Scott Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Scott Technology'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
=(13.96 + 20.926) / 30.249
=1.15

Scott Technology'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
=(37.693 + 24.617) / 28.354
=2.20

* 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


Scott Technology  (NZSE:SCT) 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.


Scott Technology Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Scott Technology (NZSE:SCT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
630 Kaikorai Valley Road, Dunedin, OTA, NZL, 9011
Scott Technology Ltd is a robotics and automation company. It designs and manufactures automated production, robotics, and process machinery. The firm provides products and solutions to the industries such as meat processing; industrial automation and robotics; appliances; mining; and others. Its business segments are New Zealand manufacturing, Australia manufacturing; Americas manufacturing; Europe manufacturing; and China manufacturing. Maximum revenue is generated from the Americas manufacturing segment. The group operates in New Zealand, North America, Australia, South America, Asia, Russia and former states, Africa and the Middle East, and Other Europe.