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''Corporate finance - capital structure.''
''Credit risk - liquidity - financial ratios - documentation. ''


Debt structure refers to the sources of debt capital and other borrowings for a firm, as well as the proportion in which they are present.
Debt to EBITDA is measure of an organisation's medium and longer term debt servicing capacity.
 
The lower the ratio, the greater the organisation's ability to service and repay its debt.
 
Therefore, the lower its credit risk.
 
 
The ratio is calculated by dividing the organisation's debt by its EBITDA.
 
Borrowing documentation may contain financial covenants, requiring the borrower to keep its debt to EBITDA ratio below the convenanted figure.
 
 
:<span style="color:#4B0082">''Covenant test''</span>
 
:G Group's net debt is EUR 350m and its EBITDA is EUR 100m.
 
:G Group's maximum covenanted net debt to EBITDA ratio is 3 times.
 
:Is G Group within its financial convenant?
 
 
:Net debt to EBITDA ratio
 
: = EUR 350m / EUR 100m
 
: = 3.5 times.
 
:This is greater than the covenanted maximum of 3 times.
 
:G Group is in breach of its covenant.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Advance]]
* [[Breach of covenant]]
* [[An introduction to debt securities]]
* [[Condition]]
* [[An introduction to loan finance]]
* [[Contract]]
* [[Bond]]
* [[Covenant]]
* [[Building a Debt IR function]]
* [[Credit risk]]
* [[Capital]]
* [[Cross acceleration]]
* [[Capital employed]]
* [[Capital structure]]
* [[Commissioner of the Public Debt]]
* [[Convertible debt]]
* [[Corporate finance]]
* [[Cost of debt]]
* [[Debenture]]
* [[Debt]]
* [[Debt capacity]]
* [[Debt capital]]
* [[Debt capital market]]  (DCM)
* [[Debt ceiling]]
* [[Debt for equity swap]]
* [[Debt Management Office]] (DMO)
* [[Debt security]]
* [[Debt service ratio]]
* [[Debt to equity ratio]]
* [[Default]]
* [[Default]]
* [[Entity]]
* [[EBITDA]]
* [[Equity]]
* [[Event of default]]
* [[Green debt]]
* [[Financial covenant]]
* [[Hybrid capital]]
* [[Financial ratio]]
* [[Interest]]
* [[Frozen GAAP]]
* [[Investor]]
* [[Headroom]]
* [[Junior debt]]
* [[Interest cover]]
* [[Lead]]
* [[Interest rate risk]]
* [[Leverage]]
* [[Liquidity]]
* [[Leveraged takeover]]
* [[Loan agreement]]
* [[Liabilities]]
* [[Loan to value]]
* [[Loan]]
* [[Representations and warranties]]
* [[Loan relationship]]
* [[Risk]]
* [[Long-term debt]]
* [[Solvency]]
* [[Moratorium]]
* [[Tangible net worth]]
* [[Net debt]]
* [[Translation risk]]
* [[Non-current liabilities]]
* [[Waiver]]
* [[Obligation]]
* [[Working capital]]
* [[Pay down]]
* [[Public debt]]
* [[Rescheduling]]
* [[Secured debt]]
* [[Security]]
* [[Senior debt]]
* [[Service]]
* [[Sovereign debt]]
* [[Subordinated debt]]
* [[Sustainable debt]]
* [[Term debt]]
* [[Unsecured debt]]
 
 
==Other resource==
[http://www.treasurers.org/node/8377 Masterclass: The basics of borrowing, Will Spinney, The Treasurer]


[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:The_business_context]]
[[Category:Corporate_finance]]
[[Category:Investment]]
[[Category:Long_term_funding]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Manage_risks]]
[[Category:Risk_frameworks]]
[[Category:Risk_reporting]]

Revision as of 21:25, 20 March 2021

Credit risk - liquidity - financial ratios - documentation.

Debt to EBITDA is measure of an organisation's medium and longer term debt servicing capacity.

The lower the ratio, the greater the organisation's ability to service and repay its debt.

Therefore, the lower its credit risk.


The ratio is calculated by dividing the organisation's debt by its EBITDA.

Borrowing documentation may contain financial covenants, requiring the borrower to keep its debt to EBITDA ratio below the convenanted figure.


Covenant test
G Group's net debt is EUR 350m and its EBITDA is EUR 100m.
G Group's maximum covenanted net debt to EBITDA ratio is 3 times.
Is G Group within its financial convenant?


Net debt to EBITDA ratio
= EUR 350m / EUR 100m
= 3.5 times.
This is greater than the covenanted maximum of 3 times.
G Group is in breach of its covenant.


See also