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Rockwool AS (OCSE:ROCK A) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.13 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Rockwool AS Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Rockwool AS's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was kr320 Mil. Rockwool AS's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was kr537 Mil. Rockwool AS's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was kr6,798 Mil. Rockwool AS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.13.

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

OCSE:ROCK A' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.15   Max: 0.79
Current: 0.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Rockwool AS was 0.79. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.15.

OCSE:ROCK A's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
91.96% of 1306 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.32 vs OCSE:ROCK A: 0.14

Rockwool AS Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rockwool AS'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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Rockwool AS Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Rockwool AS 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 0.12 0.28 0.15 0.39 0.14

Rockwool AS Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 0.44 - - - 0.13

Competitive Comparison of Rockwool AS's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Building Products & Equipment subindustry, Rockwool AS'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.


Rockwool AS's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Rockwool AS's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Rockwool AS Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Rockwool AS'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
=(320.498 + 536.647) / 6000.015
=0.14

Rockwool AS'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
=(320.498 + 536.647) / 6797.532
=0.13

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Rockwool AS  (OCSE:ROCK A) 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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Rockwool AS (OCSE:ROCK A) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Hovedgaden 584, Hedehusene, DNK, 2640
Rockwool AS manufactures and sells building materials, including insulation, and roofing systems. The company organizes itself into two segments based on the product: Insulation and Systems. The Insulation segment, which generates the majority of revenue, sells building, industrial, and technical insulation and external thermal insulation wall systems to the construction industry. The Systems business sells acoustic ceilings and wall systems, external cladding systems, horticultural substrate solutions, engineered fiber solutions, and noise and vibration control to the construction and automotive industries. The majority of sales come from Europe.

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