ABVEF (Above Food Ingredients) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Mar. 2024)

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ABVEF Above Food Ingredients Inc ABVEF
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What is Above Food Ingredients Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Above Food Ingredients's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1.00 Mil. Above Food Ingredients's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.00 Mil. Above Food Ingredients's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $0.46 Mil. Above Food Ingredients's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.16.

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 Above Food Ingredients's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ABVEF's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 2.11
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Above Food Ingredients  (OTCPK:ABVEF) 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.


Above Food Ingredients Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Above Food Ingredients Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Above Food Ingredients'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.

Above Food Ingredients Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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ABVEF vs CTGL, NATR, BHST: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Above Food Ingredients'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.


Above Food Ingredients Debt-to-EBITDA vs Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Above Food Ingredients's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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Above Food Ingredients Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Above Food Ingredients'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
=(0.923945 + 0) / -0.492619
=-1.88

Above Food Ingredients's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.998152 + 0) / 0.462116
=2.16

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Above Food Ingredients Business Description

Address 2305 Victoria Avenue, Saskatchewan, Regina, SK, CAN, S4P0S7
Above Food Ingredients Inc is a differentiated, regenerative ingredient company. Its products are made with real nutritious, flavorful ingredients and delivered with transparency. Its vision is to create a healthier world one seed, one field, and one bite at a time. With a robust chain of custody of plant proteins, enabled by scaled operations and infrastructure in primary agriculture and processing, and proprietary seed development capabilities that leverage the power of artificial intelligence driven genomics. The company delivers nutritious foods to businesses and consumers with traceability and sustainability. Above Food's consumer products and brands are available in grocers across Canada and the United States.
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