Ashley (Laura) Holdings (LSE:ALY) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.91 (As of Dec. 2019)

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What is Ashley (Laura) Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Ashley (Laura) Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was £23.3 Mil. Ashley (Laura) Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was £51.4 Mil. Ashley (Laura) Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was £15.2 Mil. Ashley (Laura) Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was 4.91.

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 Ashley (Laura) Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:ALY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.86 Med: 4.64 Max: 6.43
Current: -22.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ashley (Laura) Holdings was 6.43. The lowest was 2.86. And the median was 4.64.

LSE:ALY's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 2.68 vs LSE:ALY: -22.45

Ashley (Laura) Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ashley (Laura) Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Ashley (Laura) Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Ashley (Laura) Holdings Annual Data

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2.86

6.43

Ashley (Laura) Holdings Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.21	-9.27	-	-	4.91

Competitive Comparison of Ashley (Laura) Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Department Stores subindustry, Ashley (Laura) Holdings'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.

Ashley (Laura) Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Ashley (Laura) Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Ashley (Laura) Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Ashley (Laura) Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Ashley (Laura) Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(0	+	0)	/	-10.8
	=	0.00

Ashley (Laura) Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(23.3	+	51.4)	/	15.2
	=	4.91

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. 2019) EBITDA data.

Ashley (Laura) Holdings (LSE:ALY) 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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Ashley (Laura) Holdings (LSE:ALY) Business Description

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Address

27 Bagleys Lane, Fulham, London, GBR, SW6 2QA

Website

http://www.lauraashley.com

Ashley (Laura) Holdings PLC is an international lifestyle brand, which specializes in retailing furniture, home accessories, decorating and fashion products. Its two operating segments are Retail and Non-Retail. Retail revenue reflects sales through its Stores; E-Commerce and Mail Order and Hotel. Its Non-retail revenue includes Licensing, Franchising, and Manufacturing. The company generates maximum revenue from the Retail segment which includes Stores. Geographically, it derives a majority of revenue from the UK, Ireland and France and also has a presence in Japan and the Rest of the World.

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