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Lear (LEA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.05 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Lear Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Lear's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $180 Mil. Lear's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,743 Mil. Lear's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,423 Mil. Lear's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.05.

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

LEA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.93   Med: 1.51   Max: 2.59
Current: 1.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lear was 2.59. The lowest was 0.93. And the median was 1.51.

LEA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
57.86% of 1037 companies
in the Vehicles & Parts industry
Industry Median: 2.36 vs LEA: 1.97

Lear Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lear'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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Lear Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Lear 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 1.57 2.59 2.18 2.32 1.97

Lear 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 2.02 1.76 1.78 1.89 2.05

Competitive Comparison of Lear's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Auto Parts subindustry, Lear'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.


Lear's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Vehicles & Parts Industry

For the Vehicles & Parts industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Lear's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lear Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Lear'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
=(179.7 + 2742.6) / 1482.7
=1.97

Lear'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
=(179.7 + 2742.6) / 1422.8
=2.05

* 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.


Lear  (NYSE:LEA) 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.


Lear Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Lear (LEA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
21557 Telegraph Road, Southfield, MI, USA, 48033
Lear designs, develops, and manufactures automotive seating and electrical systems and components. Seating components include frames and mechanisms, covers (leather and woven fabric), seat heating and cooling, foam, and headrests. Automotive electrical distribution and connection systems and electronic systems include wiring harnesses, terminals and connectors, on-board battery chargers, high-voltage battery management systems, high-voltage power distribution systems, domain controllers, telematics control units, gateway modules, vehicle positioning for automated and autonomous driving, embedded control software, cloud and mobile device software and services, and cybersecurity. Lear's largest customer and regional market is GM and North America at 20% and 44% of 2022 revenue, respectively.
Executives
Raymond E Scott director, officer: President & CEO
Carl A. Esposito officer: SVP & President, E-Systems 21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48033
Jason M Cardew officer: SVP & CFO 21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48033
Frank C Orsini officer: EVP & President, Seating 21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48033
Mallett Conrad L Jr director
Greg C Smith director FORD MOTOR COMPANY, 21175 OAKWOOD BLVD, DEARBORN MI 48124
Marianne Vidershain officer: VP, Treasurer 21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48033
Jonathan F Foster director 777 THIRD AVE, 30TH FL, NEW YORK NY 10017
Thomas A Didonato officer: SVP & CAO AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC., 150 THORN HILL DRIVE, WARRENDALE PA 15095
Alicia J. Davis officer: SVP, Corp Dev & Inv Relations 21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48033
Roger A Krone director
Patricia L Lewis director C/O UNITEDHEALTH GROUP, 9900 BREN ROAD EAST, MN008-T502, MINNETONKA MN 55343
Bradley M Halverson director 100 N.E. ADAMS STREET, PEORIA IL 61629
Shari L Burgess officer: VP & Treasurer
Harry Albert Kemp officer: SVP, Gen Counsel & Corp Sec 21557 TELEGRAPH ROAD, SOUTHFIELD MI 48033