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Canadian Solar (Canadian Solar) Debt-to-EBITDA : 13.11 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Canadian Solar Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Canadian Solar's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $2,990 Mil. Canadian Solar's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $1,545 Mil. Canadian Solar's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $346 Mil. Canadian Solar's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 13.11.

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 Canadian Solar's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CSIQ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.09   Med: 6.59   Max: 10.45
Current: 7.12

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Canadian Solar was 10.45. The lowest was 3.09. And the median was 6.59.

CSIQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
86.06% of 710 companies
in the Semiconductors industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs CSIQ: 7.12

Canadian Solar Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canadian Solar'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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Canadian Solar Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Canadian Solar Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.09 5.76 6.76 6.80 6.03

Canadian Solar Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 6.75 7.59 7.66 4.58 13.11

Competitive Comparison of Canadian Solar's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Solar subindustry, Canadian Solar'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.


Canadian Solar's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Semiconductors Industry

For the Semiconductors industry and Technology sector, Canadian Solar's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Canadian Solar Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Canadian Solar's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(2947.025 + 1065.097) / 665.293
=6.03

Canadian Solar's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2989.909 + 1545.034) / 345.836
=13.11

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Canadian Solar  (NAS:CSIQ) 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.


Canadian Solar Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Canadian Solar (Canadian Solar) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
545 Speedvale Avenue West, Guelph, ON, CAN, N1K 1E6
Canadian Solar Inc is a Canadian solar power company. It is an integrated provider of solar power products, services, and system solutions. The company engages in designing, developing and manufacturing solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules and other solar power products. It operates through two business segments CSI Solar and Global Energy segment. The CSI Solar segment design, develop and manufacture solar ingots, wafers, cells, modules and other solar power and battery storage products. Its Energy segment primarily comprises solar and battery storage project development and sale, O&M and asset management services for operational projects, sale of electricity, and investment in retained assets.