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KinderCare Learning (KinderCare Learning) Debt-to-EBITDA : 8.22 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is KinderCare Learning Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

KinderCare Learning's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $141.98 Mil. KinderCare Learning's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $2,709.20 Mil. KinderCare Learning's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $346.73 Mil. KinderCare Learning's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 8.22.

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 KinderCare Learning's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KLC's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Education industry.
Industry Median: 1.67
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

KinderCare Learning Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for KinderCare Learning'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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KinderCare Learning Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

KinderCare Learning Annual Data
Trend Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Debt-to-EBITDA
- 16.70 154.23

KinderCare Learning Quarterly Data
Dec18 Dec19 Sep20 Dec20 Jun21 Sep21
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial N/A - 68.41 N/A 8.22

Competitive Comparison of KinderCare Learning's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, KinderCare Learning'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.


KinderCare Learning's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Education Industry

For the Education industry and Consumer Defensive sector, KinderCare Learning's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



KinderCare Learning Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

KinderCare Learning's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(136.865 + 2712.91) / 18.478
=154.23

KinderCare Learning's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(141.976 + 2709.198) / 346.728
=8.22

* 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 (Sep. 2021) EBITDA data.


KinderCare Learning  (NYSE:KLC) 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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