Dis-Chem Pharmacies (JSE:DCP) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.72 (As of Aug. 2023)

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Annual Data
	Trend	Feb14	Feb15	Feb16	Feb17	Feb18	Feb19	Feb20	Feb21	Feb22	Feb23
Debt-to-EBITDA		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					2.08	2.00	2.25	1.87	1.78

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Semi-Annual Data
	Feb14	Feb15	Aug15	Feb16	Aug16	Feb17	Aug17	Feb18	Aug18	Feb19	Aug19	Feb20	Aug20	Feb21	Aug21	Feb22	Aug22	Feb23	Aug23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial														2.77	2.86	2.30	3.23	2.72

Competitive Comparison of Dis-Chem Pharmacies's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Pharmaceutical Retailers subindustry, Dis-Chem Pharmacies'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.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Healthcare Providers & Services Industry

For the Healthcare Providers & Services industry and Healthcare sector, Dis-Chem Pharmacies's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Dis-Chem Pharmacies's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Dis-Chem Pharmacies's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Dis-Chem Pharmacies's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

* 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 (Aug. 2023) EBITDA data.

Dis-Chem Pharmacies  (JSE:DCP) 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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