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Harmonic Drive Systems (TSE:6324) Debt-to-EBITDA : -16.82 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Harmonic Drive Systems Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Harmonic Drive Systems's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円3,866 Mil. Harmonic Drive Systems's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円20,643 Mil. Harmonic Drive Systems's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円-1,457 Mil. Harmonic Drive Systems's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -16.82.

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 Harmonic Drive Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TSE:6324' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.06   Med: 0.39   Max: 7.44
Current: 7.44

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Harmonic Drive Systems was 7.44. The lowest was 0.06. And the median was 0.39.

TSE:6324's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
87.16% of 2298 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs TSE:6324: 7.44

Harmonic Drive Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Harmonic Drive Systems'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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Harmonic Drive Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Harmonic Drive Systems 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 0.10 1.33 1.12 1.20 1.37

Harmonic Drive Systems 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 2.08 2.84 5.34 64.20 -16.82

Competitive Comparison of Harmonic Drive Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, Harmonic Drive Systems'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.


Harmonic Drive Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Harmonic Drive Systems's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Harmonic Drive Systems Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Harmonic Drive Systems'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
=(5762.502 + 21603.443) / 19936.318
=1.37

Harmonic Drive Systems'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
=(3865.536 + 20642.511) / -1456.86
=-16.82

* 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.


Harmonic Drive Systems  (TSE:6324) 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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Harmonic Drive Systems (TSE:6324) Business Description

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Address
6-25-3 Minami-Oi, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 140-0013
Harmonic Drive Systems manufactures and sells high-precision reduction gears (speed reducers) under the Harmonic Drive brand as well as other mechatronics products such as rotary actuators, linear actuators, and AC servo motors. The company also provides planetary-gear speed reducers under the AccuDrive and Harmonic Planetary brands. Its products are used in industrial robots, semiconductor production equipment, and other high-precision equipment. HDS was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Tokyo.

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