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Wesfarmers (Wesfarmers) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.88 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Wesfarmers Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Wesfarmers's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $776 Mil. Wesfarmers's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $6,663 Mil. Wesfarmers's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,964 Mil. Wesfarmers's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.88.

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

WFAFY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.78   Med: 1.69   Max: 2.97
Current: 2.06

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Wesfarmers was 2.97. The lowest was 0.78. And the median was 1.69.

WFAFY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
59.88% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs WFAFY: 2.06

Wesfarmers Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wesfarmers'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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Wesfarmers Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Wesfarmers Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.86 2.45 2.03 2.42 2.09

Wesfarmers Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 2.07 2.48 2.07 2.28 1.88

Competitive Comparison of Wesfarmers's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Wesfarmers'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.


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

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

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



Wesfarmers Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Wesfarmers's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(761.745 + 6734.228) / 3587.248
=2.09

Wesfarmers'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
=(776.439 + 6662.651) / 3963.856
=1.88

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Wesfarmers  (OTCPK:WFAFY) 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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Wesfarmers (Wesfarmers) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
123 St Georges Terrace, Level 14, Brookfield Place Tower 2, Perth, WA, AUS, 6000
Wesfarmers is Australia's largest conglomerate. Its retail operations include the Bunnings hardware chain (number one in market share), discount department stores Kmart and Target (number one and three) and Officeworks in office supplies (number one). These activities account for the vast majority of group earnings before taxes. Other operations include chemicals, fertilisers, industrial and medical gases, LPG production and distribution, and industrial and safety supplies. Management is focused on generating cash and creating shareholder wealth in the long term.

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