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Carter's (FRA:HCH) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.68 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Carter's Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Carter's's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €124 Mil. Carter's's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €868 Mil. Carter's's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €591 Mil. Carter's's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.68.

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

FRA:HCH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.17   Med: 2.04   Max: 6.07
Current: 2.7

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Carter's was 6.07. The lowest was 1.17. And the median was 2.04.

FRA:HCH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.71% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs FRA:HCH: 2.70

Carter's Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Carter's'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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Carter's Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Carter's 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 3.08 6.07 2.64 2.78 2.70

Carter's Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 2.34 3.88 4.70 2.57 1.68

Competitive Comparison of Carter's's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Carter's'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.


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

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

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



Carter's Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Carter's'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
=(124.133 + 867.632) / 367.125
=2.70

Carter's'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
=(124.133 + 867.632) / 591.108
=1.68

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Carter's  (FRA:HCH) 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.


Carter's Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Carter's (FRA:HCH) Business Description

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Address
3438 Peachtree Road North East, Phipps Tower, Suite 1800, Atlanta, GA, USA, 30326
Carter's Inc makes apparel for babies and children under brand names including Carter's and OshKosh B'gosh. It sells its products through a multi-channel business model, which includes retail stores, eCommerce, and wholesale sales channels, as well as retail omnichannel capabilities in the United States and Canada, which enables it to reach a broad range of consumers around the world. The company operates in three segments; U.S. Retail, U.S. Wholesale, and International. The majority of Carter's sales are in the U.S. and through Carter's brand. The company predominantly sources products through contract manufacturers in Asia. It has multiple distribution centers in the U.S., in addition to distribution centers in Canada and Asia that serve international customers.

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