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Associated British Foods (Associated British Foods) Cash-to-Debt : 0.34 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Associated British Foods Cash-to-Debt?

Cash to Debt Ratio measures the financial strength of a company. It is calculated as a company's cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities divide by its debt. Associated British Foods's cash to debt ratio for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.34.

If Cash to Debt ratio is less than 1, the company cannot pay off its debt using the cash in hand. Here we can see, Associated British Foods couldn't pay off its debt using the cash in hand for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024.

The historical rank and industry rank for Associated British Foods's Cash-to-Debt or its related term are showing as below:

ASBFF' s Cash-to-Debt Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.26   Med: 0.58   Max: 2.59
Current: 0.34

During the past 13 years, Associated British Foods's highest Cash to Debt Ratio was 2.59. The lowest was 0.26. And the median was 0.58.

ASBFF's Cash-to-Debt is ranked worse than
58.55% of 1853 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 0.53 vs ASBFF: 0.34

Associated British Foods Cash-to-Debt Historical Data

The historical data trend for Associated British Foods's Cash-to-Debt 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.

Note: An indication of "No Debt" does not necessarily mean that the company has no debt obligations; it could be due to missing data in the quarterly or annual report. Use caution when interpreting this information.

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Associated British Foods Cash-to-Debt Chart

Associated British Foods Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Cash-to-Debt
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.59 0.49 0.63 0.55 0.39

Associated British Foods Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 Feb24
Cash-to-Debt 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 0.57 0.55 0.32 0.39 0.34

Competitive Comparison of Associated British Foods's Cash-to-Debt

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Associated British Foods's Cash-to-Debt, along with its competitors' market caps and Cash-to-Debt 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.


Associated British Foods's Cash-to-Debt Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Associated British Foods's Cash-to-Debt distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Associated British Foods's Cash-to-Debt falls into.



Associated British Foods Cash-to-Debt Calculation

This is the ratio of a company's Cash, Cash Equivalents, Marketable Securities to its debt. The debt includes the Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation. This ratio measures the financial strength of a company. This ratio is updated quarterly.

Associated British Foods's Cash to Debt Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as:

Associated British Foods's Cash to Debt Ratio 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.


Associated British Foods  (OTCPK:ASBFF) Cash-to-Debt Explanation

If Cash to Debt ratio is greater than 1, the company can pay off its debt using the cash in hand. If it is smaller than 1, it means the company has more debt than the cash in hands. In this case, it is important to look the the company's Interest Coverage. Ben Graham requires that a company must have an Interest Coverage of at least 5.


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Associated British Foods (Associated British Foods) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
10 Grosvenor Street, Weston Centre, London, GBR, W1K 4QY
Associated British Foods is a diversified international retail, food, and ingredients group with 130,000 employees and operations in 50 countries across Europe, southern Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Australia. The group sells branded grocery products, grows and processes sugar, supplies farmers with crop input and animal feed, and runs the popular Primark clothing retail chain. It also supplies ingredients like baker's yeast, enzymes, lipids, and cereal specialities. Some 40% of sales are in the U.K., and Primark generates more than half of the firm's operating profit.

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