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LG Energy Solution (XKRX:373220) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.68 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is LG Energy Solution Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

LG Energy Solution's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩3,211,456 Mil. LG Energy Solution's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩7,720,833 Mil. LG Energy Solution's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₩4,075,720 Mil. LG Energy Solution's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.68.

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 LG Energy Solution's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XKRX:373220' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -12.8   Med: 2.55   Max: 3.04
Current: 2.35

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of LG Energy Solution was 3.04. The lowest was -12.80. And the median was 2.55.

XKRX:373220's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
58.8% of 2301 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs XKRX:373220: 2.35

LG Energy Solution Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for LG Energy Solution'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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LG Energy Solution Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

LG Energy Solution Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
-12.80 3.04 2.75 2.35

LG Energy Solution Quarterly Data
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 2.20 1.59 1.85 2.49 2.68

Competitive Comparison of LG Energy Solution's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Industrial Machinery subindustry, LG Energy Solution'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.


LG Energy Solution's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Industrial Products Industry

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, LG Energy Solution's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



LG Energy Solution Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

LG Energy Solution'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
=(3211456 + 7720833) / 4646091
=2.35

LG Energy Solution'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
=(3211456 + 7720833) / 4075720
=2.68

* 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.


LG Energy Solution  (XKRX:373220) 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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LG Energy Solution (XKRX:373220) Business Description

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Address
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LG Energy Solution, or LGES, is the third-largest battery maker for electric vehicles, or EVs, with about 14% global share in the first half of 2023, according to SNE Research. The EV battery segment is the largest revenue contributor, which accounted for close to 60% of total revenue in 2022. Besides EV batteries, LGES also manufactures batteries for mobility, mobile phones, laptops, electrical devices, and energy storage systems. The company was spun off from LG Chem's battery division in December 2020 and listed on the Korea Exchange in January 2022. It has global manufacturing facilities in Korea, China, Poland and the United States. Key customers include General Motors, Tesla, Volkswagen, Hyundai Motors and Stellantis.

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