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Barloworld (Barloworld) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.85 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Barloworld Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Barloworld's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $218 Mil. Barloworld's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $406 Mil. Barloworld's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $219 Mil. Barloworld's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 2.85.

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

BRRAF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.39   Med: 1.95   Max: 4.2
Current: 2.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Barloworld was 4.20. The lowest was 0.39. And the median was 1.95.

BRRAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
61.45% of 830 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.83 vs BRRAF: 2.74

Barloworld Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Barloworld'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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Barloworld Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Barloworld Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.25 4.20 0.39 2.13 2.09

Barloworld Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 0.22 7.59 2.17 2.69 2.85

Competitive Comparison of Barloworld's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Rental & Leasing Services subindustry, Barloworld'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.


Barloworld's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, Barloworld's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Barloworld Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Barloworld's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(218.394 + 406.26) / 299.488
=2.09

Barloworld's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(218.394 + 406.26) / 219.448
=2.85

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Barloworld  (OTCPK:BRRAF) 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.


Barloworld Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Barloworld (Barloworld) Business Description

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Address
61 Katherine Street, PO Box 782248, Sandton, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2146
Barloworld Ltd is as an industrial processing, distribution and services company with two primary areas of focus: Industrial Equipment and Services and Consumer Industries (food and ingredient solutions). Industrial Equipment and related services, offers earthmoving equipment, industrial services and power systems, which enable the operation and maintenance of a large array of mining, construction and power solutions. Consumer Industries business provide large enterprises with the ingredients essential to the manufacturing of a range of products including food and beverages, paper, pharmaceuticals, building materials and adhesives, among others.

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