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CUYTY (Colruyt Group NV) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.14 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Colruyt Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Colruyt Group NV's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $230 Mil. Colruyt Group NV's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $876 Mil. Colruyt Group NV's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $968 Mil. Colruyt Group NV's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.14.

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 Colruyt Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CUYTY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04   Med: 0.19   Max: 1.96
Current: 0.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Colruyt Group NV was 1.96. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.19.

CUYTY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
81.4% of 258 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.415 vs CUYTY: 0.63

Colruyt Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Colruyt Group NV'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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Colruyt Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Colruyt Group NV Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.19 0.55 1.36 1.96 0.63

Colruyt Group NV Semi-Annual Data
Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24
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 1.46 2.37 1.72 0.46 1.14

Competitive Comparison of Colruyt Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Colruyt Group NV'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.


Colruyt Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Colruyt Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Colruyt Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Colruyt Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(230.326 + 876.413) / 1767.174
=0.63

Colruyt Group NV'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
=(230.326 + 876.413) / 968.044
=1.14

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Colruyt Group NV  (OTCPK:CUYTY) 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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Colruyt Group NV Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Edingensesteenweg 196, Wilgenveld, Halle, BEL, B-1500
Colruyt NV Formerly Etablissementen Franz Colruyt NV is a Belgian-based family owned food retailer with nearly 30,000 employees and more than 530 stores (460 stores in Belgium and 76 in France) that traces its origins back to 1928. Aside from its flagship Colruyt supermarkets in Belgium and Luxembourg (60% of sales), it generates 16% of sales under separate banners from neighbourhood stores, biosupermarkets, covered markets, and family and seasonal stores. Its food service and wholesale businesses account for a further 18% of sales. Colruyt also owns DATS 24 filling stations, and a green energy business, generating electricity from wind turbines, solar panels, and biomass.

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