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Woolworths Holdings (Woolworths Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.68 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Woolworths Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Woolworths Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $147 Mil. Woolworths Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $798 Mil. Woolworths Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $353 Mil. Woolworths Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.68.

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

WLWHY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.56   Med: 2.52   Max: 22.43
Current: 2.67

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Woolworths Holdings was 22.43. The lowest was 1.56. And the median was 2.52.

WLWHY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
50.48% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs WLWHY: 2.67

Woolworths Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Woolworths Holdings'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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Woolworths Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Woolworths Holdings 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 11.47 5.16 2.73 3.04 1.63

Woolworths Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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Competitive Comparison of Woolworths Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Department Stores subindustry, Woolworths 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.


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

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

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



Woolworths Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Woolworths Holdings'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
=(145.587 + 763.785) / 559.729
=1.62

Woolworths Holdings'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
=(146.892 + 797.572) / 352.926
=2.68

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Woolworths Holdings  (OTCPK:WLWHY) 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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Woolworths Holdings (Woolworths Holdings) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
93 Longmarket Street, Woolworths House, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 8001
Woolworths Holdings Ltd is a South Africa-based retail group. Forty percent of revenue (including concession sales) is generated in Australasia. The group has three main operating divisions: Woolworths South Africa, based in South Africa and operating across 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, and David Jones and Country Road Group, both based in Australia. Woolworths Financial Services is a joint venture between Woolworths and Barclays Africa Group; Barclays is supervising the credit policy, risk, and funding aspects, while Woolworths is leading the customer integration.

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