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Canaf Investments (TSXV:CAF) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.02 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Canaf Investments Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Canaf Investments's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$0.02 Mil. Canaf Investments's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$0.02 Mil. Canaf Investments's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$2.75 Mil. Canaf Investments's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.02.

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 Canaf Investments's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TSXV:CAF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.01   Med: 0.07   Max: 6.5
Current: 0.01

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Canaf Investments was 6.50. The lowest was 0.01. And the median was 0.07.

TSXV:CAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
99.79% of 484 companies
in the Steel industry
Industry Median: 2.65 vs TSXV:CAF: 0.01

Canaf Investments Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canaf Investments'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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Canaf Investments Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Canaf Investments Annual Data
Trend Oct14 Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 0.05 0.03 0.01

Canaf Investments Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
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 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.02

Competitive Comparison of Canaf Investments's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Coking Coal subindustry, Canaf Investments'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.


Canaf Investments's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Steel Industry

For the Steel industry and Basic Materials sector, Canaf Investments's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Canaf Investments Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Canaf Investments's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.019 + 0.029) / 3.796
=0.01

Canaf Investments's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.019 + 0.023) / 2.752
=0.02

* 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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Canaf Investments  (TSXV:CAF) 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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Canaf Investments (TSXV:CAF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1111 Melville Street, Suite 1100, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6E 3V6
Canaf Investments Inc is a Canadian company that owns and operates a coal processing plant in South Africa that processes coal and coal products into calcine, a coke substitute with high carbon content. The company, through its subsidiaries, produces calcined anthracite used in the manufacturing process of steel and manganese. The company operates in two reportable segments are Canada and South Africa, out of which the majority of revenue comes from South Africa.
Executives
Monita Faris Director