Sainsbury (J) (Sainsbury (J)) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.62 (As of Feb. 2024)

Sainsbury (J) Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sainsbury (J) Annual Data
	Trend	Mar14	Feb15	Feb16	Feb17	Feb18	Feb19	Feb20	Feb21	Feb22	Feb23
Debt-to-EBITDA		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					4.04	3.72	4.83	3.08	3.88

Sainsbury (J) Semi-Annual Data
	Mar14	Sep14	Mar15	Sep15	Mar16	Sep16	Mar17	Sep17	Mar18	Sep18	Mar19	Sep19	Mar20	Sep20	Mar21	Sep21	Mar22	Feb23	Aug23	Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.66	3.62	5.48	3.06	4.62

Competitive Comparison of Sainsbury (J)'s Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Sainsbury (J)'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.

Sainsbury (J)'s Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Sainsbury (J)'s Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Sainsbury (J)'s Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Sainsbury (J) Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sainsbury (J)'s Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Sainsbury (J)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.

Sainsbury (J)  (OTCPK:JSAIY) 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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