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Collins Foods (ASX:CKF) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.81 (As of Oct. 2023)


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What is Collins Foods Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Collins Foods's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was A$47 Mil. Collins Foods's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was A$787 Mil. Collins Foods's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was A$219 Mil. Collins Foods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 was 3.81.

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

ASX:CKF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.25   Med: 3.62   Max: 5.78
Current: 4.66

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Collins Foods was 5.78. The lowest was 2.25. And the median was 3.62.

ASX:CKF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
64.47% of 273 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 2.97 vs ASX:CKF: 4.66

Collins Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Collins Foods'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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Collins Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Collins Foods Annual Data
Trend Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19 Apr20 Apr21 Apr22 Apr23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.70 4.89 3.82 3.67 5.77

Collins Foods Semi-Annual Data
Apr14 Oct14 Apr15 Oct15 Apr16 Oct16 Apr17 Oct17 Apr18 Oct18 Apr19 Oct19 Apr20 Oct20 Apr21 Oct21 Apr22 Oct22 Apr23 Oct23
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 4.79 2.87 5.10 6.07 3.81

Competitive Comparison of Collins Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Restaurants subindustry, Collins Foods'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.


Collins Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

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

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



Collins Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Collins Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(44.639 + 798.729) / 146.251
=5.77

Collins Foods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(47.076 + 786.793) / 218.678
=3.81

* 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 (Oct. 2023) EBITDA data.


Collins Foods  (ASX:CKF) 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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Collins Foods (ASX:CKF) Business Description

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Address
485 Kingsford Smith Drive, Level 3, KSD1, Hamilton, QLD, AUS, 4007
Collins Foods is an operator of quick service restaurants, or QSRs. It franchises restaurant brands from U.S.-listed Yum Brands, including KFC in Australia, Germany, and the Netherlands, as well as Taco Bell in Australia. Most of its revenue and earnings are generated in Australia, where Collins is the largest franchisee of KFC, ahead of Restaurant Brands New Zealand.In the Netherlands, Collins has signed a corporate franchise agreement, giving it more control over development and oversight of the Dutch franchisee network.Earnings growth is underpinned by its store network expansion, both new restaurants and acquisitions of existing sites. Competitive pricing is key to maintaining share in the QSR market, and the company has generally increased at or below consumer price index growth.

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