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Imperial Metals (TSX:III) Debt-to-EBITDA : 17.22 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Imperial Metals Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Imperial Metals's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$206.6 Mil. Imperial Metals's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$113.1 Mil. Imperial Metals's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$18.6 Mil. Imperial Metals's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 17.22.

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

TSX:III' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -32.5   Med: -0.81   Max: 17.74
Current: 17.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Imperial Metals was 17.74. The lowest was -32.50. And the median was -0.81.

TSX:III's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
93.12% of 538 companies
in the Metals & Mining industry
Industry Median: 2.015 vs TSX:III: 17.74

Imperial Metals Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Imperial Metals'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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Imperial Metals Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Imperial Metals 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 -1.70 0.07 2.96 -4.95 17.74

Imperial Metals 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 -9.28 12.55 -224.11 7.98 17.22

Competitive Comparison of Imperial Metals's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Copper subindustry, Imperial Metals'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.


Imperial Metals's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Metals & Mining Industry

For the Metals & Mining industry and Basic Materials sector, Imperial Metals's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Imperial Metals Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Imperial Metals'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
=(206.644 + 113.143) / 18.029
=17.74

Imperial Metals'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
=(206.644 + 113.143) / 18.572
=17.22

* 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.


Imperial Metals  (TSX:III) 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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Imperial Metals (TSX:III) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
580 Hornby Street, Suite 200, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 3B6
Imperial Metals Corp is a mining company mainly engaged in the exploration, development, and production of base and precious metals from Canadian mineral properties. It operates through four segments which include Red Chris, Mount Polley, Huckleberry, and Corporate. The company's properties include the Red Chris copper/gold mine in northwest British Columbia; the Mount Polley copper/gold mine in central British Columbia, and the Huckleberry copper mine in northern British Columbia. It explores copper, gold, silver, and other minerals in which copper is the company's principal product.