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Nissan Chemical (TSE:4021) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.73 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nissan Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Nissan Chemical's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円35,643 Mil. Nissan Chemical's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円1,079 Mil. Nissan Chemical's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円50,348 Mil. Nissan Chemical's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.73.

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

TSE:4021' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.35   Med: 0.57   Max: 1.11
Current: 0.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Nissan Chemical was 1.11. The lowest was 0.35. And the median was 0.57.

TSE:4021's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
77.87% of 1211 companies
in the Chemicals industry
Industry Median: 2.28 vs TSE:4021: 0.58

Nissan Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nissan Chemical'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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Nissan Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Nissan Chemical Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.53 0.48 0.41 0.35 0.40

Nissan Chemical 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 0.22 0.37 0.47 0.23 0.73

Competitive Comparison of Nissan Chemical's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Chemicals subindustry, Nissan Chemical'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.


Nissan Chemical's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Chemicals Industry

For the Chemicals industry and Basic Materials sector, Nissan Chemical's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nissan Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Nissan Chemical'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
=(25951 + 1338) / 67836
=0.40

Nissan Chemical'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
=(35643 + 1079) / 50348
=0.73

* 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.


Nissan Chemical  (TSE:4021) 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.


Nissan Chemical Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Nissan Chemical (TSE:4021) Business Description

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Address
7-1 Kanda Nishiki-Cho 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 101-0054
Nissan Chemical Industries Ltd manufactures and sells chemicals, semiconductors, and pharmaceutical products. The firm organizes itself into six segments based on product type. The Performance Materials segment, which generates the most revenue of any segment, sells resins for liquid-crystal display screens and semiconductors. The Agrochemicals segment sells herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides to the agriculture industry. The Chemicals segment sells melamine, ammonia, and fine chemical products. The Pharmaceuticals segment sells anti-cholesterol agents under the Livalo brand. The other two segments are Trading and Other. The majority of revenue comes from Japan.

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