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Foschini Group (Foschini Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.06 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Foschini Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Foschini Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $375 Mil. Foschini Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $787 Mil. Foschini Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $564 Mil. Foschini Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 2.06.

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

FHNGY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.09   Med: 2.11   Max: 4.01
Current: 2.03

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Foschini Group was 4.01. The lowest was 1.09. And the median was 2.11.

FHNGY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
60.21% of 842 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.665 vs FHNGY: 2.03

Foschini Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Foschini Group'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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Foschini Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Foschini Group 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 2.07 2.34 4.01 1.71 2.12

Foschini Group Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 1.87 1.50 2.22 2.00 2.06

Competitive Comparison of Foschini Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Foschini Group'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.


Foschini Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Foschini Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Foschini Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Foschini Group'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
=(487.708 + 726.006) / 573.685
=2.12

Foschini Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(375.494 + 786.836) / 563.954
=2.06

* 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 two times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Foschini Group  (OTCPK:FHNGY) 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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Foschini Group (Foschini Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
340 Voortrekker Road, Stanley Lewis Centre, Parow East, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 7500
Foschini Group Ltd is a South African fashion retailer. The company offers ladieswear, footwear, accessories, cosmetics and fragrances, kidswear, homewares, sportswear, cellular and jewelry mainly in South Africa, as well as financial services. The Foschini Group portfolio consists of multiple brands, including @home, @homelivingpace, American Swiss, Sterns, Charles and Keith, Colette, DonnaClaire, Phase Eight, Soda Bloc, Duesouth, Exact, Fabiani, The Fix, Foschini, G-star Raw, hi, Markham, Mat and May, and Whistles. The Group consists of four operating segments: TFG Africa retail division, TFG London, TFG Australia, and Credit.

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