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Frosta AG (FRA:NLM) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.29 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Frosta AG Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Frosta AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €4.8 Mil. Frosta AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €16.1 Mil. Frosta AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €72.7 Mil. Frosta AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.29.

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 Frosta AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:NLM' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.25   Med: 0.59   Max: 1.65
Current: 0.3

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Frosta AG was 1.65. The lowest was 0.25. And the median was 0.59.

FRA:NLM's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
84.17% of 1428 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.15 vs FRA:NLM: 0.30

Frosta AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Frosta AG'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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Frosta AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Frosta AG 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 1.65 0.52 0.25 0.78 0.30

Frosta AG Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 0.25 0.43 0.62 0.35 0.29

Competitive Comparison of Frosta AG's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Frosta AG'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.


Frosta AG's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Frosta AG's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Frosta AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Frosta AG'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
=(4.786 + 16.056) / 69.15
=0.30

Frosta AG'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
=(4.786 + 16.056) / 72.688
=0.29

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Frosta AG  (FRA:NLM) 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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Frosta AG (FRA:NLM) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Am Lunedeich 116, Bremerhaven, DEU, 27572
Frosta AG is a Germany based frozen food manufacturing company. The company produces and markets frozen foods which include vegetables, fruits, herbs, fish, and meals. The company has two separate sales units namely, the FRoSTA operating segment, which includes the brand business, the private label business and sales to home delivery services and catering business. The second unit is COPACK operating segment, which includes a private label and industrial business. It generates revenue from the operations of FRoSTA and COPACK segment. The company, through its subsidiaries, operates its business segments in Germany, and internationally.
Executives
Volker Kuhn Supervisory Board
Hinnerk Ehlers Board of Directors

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