WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS (OSL:WPU) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.42 (As of Dec. 2022)

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What is WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was kr21.61 Mil. WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was kr31.62 Mil. WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was kr-37.60 Mil. WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 was -1.42.

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 WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

OSL:WPU' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.5 Med: -3.17 Max: -1.84
Current: -2.64

During the past 3 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS was -1.84. The lowest was -4.50. And the median was -3.17.

OSL:WPU's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 182 companies
in the Waste Management industry
Industry Median: 3.495 vs OSL:WPU: -2.64

WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS Annual Data

Trend

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

N/A

-4.50

-1.84

WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS Semi-Annual Data
	Jun22	Dec22	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	-	-1.42	N/A

Competitive Comparison of WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Waste Management subindustry, WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling 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.

WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Waste Management Industry

For the Waste Management industry and Industrials sector, WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling 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
	=	(35.536	+	29.359)	/	-35.275
	=	-1.84

WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(21.606	+	31.623)	/	-37.6
	=	-1.42

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. 2022) EBITDA data.

WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS (OSL:WPU) 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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WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS (OSL:WPU) Business Description

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Address

Hojgardsvej 13A, Lammefjorden, Farevejle, DNK, 4540

Website

https://www.wpu-dk.com

WPU Waste Plastic Upcycling AS is engaged in the upcycling of plastics. It converts plastic waste to oil that turns into new products. Its technology is based on pyrolysis, which processes the plastic at high temperatures. With pyrolysis, plastics that are no longer suitable for mechanical recycling could be given new life.

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