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Big C Supercenter PCL (BKK:BIGC-R) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.18 (As of Jun. 2017)


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What is Big C Supercenter PCL Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Big C Supercenter PCL's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was ฿10,058 Mil. Big C Supercenter PCL's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was ฿4,443 Mil. Big C Supercenter PCL's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was ฿12,302 Mil. Big C Supercenter PCL's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 was 1.18.

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 Big C Supercenter PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BKK:BIGC-R' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.03   Med: 1.1   Max: 3.15
Current: 1.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Big C Supercenter PCL was 3.15. The lowest was 0.03. And the median was 1.10.

BKK:BIGC-R's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 2.63 vs BKK:BIGC-R: 1.25

Big C Supercenter PCL Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Big C Supercenter PCL'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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Big C Supercenter PCL Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Big C Supercenter PCL Annual Data
Trend Dec07 Dec08 Dec09 Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.33 2.02 1.80 0.94 1.27

Big C Supercenter PCL Quarterly Data
Sep12 Dec12 Mar13 Jun13 Sep13 Dec13 Mar14 Jun14 Sep14 Dec14 Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17
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 1.25 1.57 1.59 1.30 1.18

Competitive Comparison of Big C Supercenter PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Department Stores subindustry, Big C Supercenter PCL'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.


Big C Supercenter PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Big C Supercenter PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Big C Supercenter PCL Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Big C Supercenter PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(11855 + 3443.316) / 12054.877
=1.27

Big C Supercenter PCL's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(10057.503 + 4443.359) / 12302.464
=1.18

* 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 (Jun. 2017) EBITDA data.


Big C Supercenter PCL  (BKK:BIGC-R) 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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Big C Supercenter PCL (BKK:BIGC-R) Business Description

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Big C Supercenter PCL is an omnichannel retailer mainly located in Thailand. The company has both physical and online stores, and it also offers rental area. The tenants are diverse, including cinemas, kiosks, home-improvement stores, and food vendors. The stores have a variety of formats: hypermarkets targeting middle- to low-income and middle- to high-income customer segments, hybrid hypermarket/wholesale stores targeting wholesale and retail customers, supermarkets for the middle- to low-income customers, convenience stores, and drugstores. The online segment includes a "Happy Fresh" platform website for fresh food delivery, "Big C Shopping Online," and "Cdiscount.co.th", a pure e-commerce platform.

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