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Albertsons (FRA:27S) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.09 (As of Aug. 2024)


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What is Albertsons Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Albertsons's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was €733 Mil. Albertsons's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was €12,149 Mil. Albertsons's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was €3,152 Mil. Albertsons's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 was 4.09.

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

FRA:27S' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -460.4   Med: 3.96   Max: 6.6
Current: 3.36

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Albertsons was 6.60. The lowest was -460.40. And the median was 3.96.

FRA:27S's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
67.83% of 258 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.415 vs FRA:27S: 3.36

Albertsons Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Albertsons Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.15 3.83 2.88 3.08 3.15

Albertsons Quarterly Data
Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24 May24 Aug24
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 3.61 3.23 3.57 2.91 4.09

Competitive Comparison of Albertsons's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Albertsons'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.


Albertsons's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

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



Albertsons Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Albertsons's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(892.516 + 12307.408) / 4195.231
=3.15

Albertsons's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Aug. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(733.219 + 12148.721) / 3151.644
=4.09

* 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 (Aug. 2024) EBITDA data.


Albertsons  (FRA:27S) 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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Albertsons Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
250 Parkcenter Boulevard, Boise, ID, USA, 83706
Albertsons is the second largest supermarket operator in the United States with over 2,200 stores across a variety of banners. About 80% of the firm's sales stem from non-perishable and fresh food, of which 25% comes from its portfolio of private brands. The company operates fuel centers and pharmacies at about 20% and 75% of its store locations, respectively. Albertsons went public in 2020 following years of ownership under private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, which still owns about a fourth of outstanding shares.

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