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US Foods Holding (FRA:UFH) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.19 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is US Foods Holding Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

US Foods Holding's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €268 Mil. US Foods Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €4,209 Mil. US Foods Holding's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €1,406 Mil. US Foods Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.18.

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

FRA:UFH' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.3   Med: 5.2   Max: 16.92
Current: 3.3

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of US Foods Holding was 16.92. The lowest was 3.30. And the median was 5.20.

FRA:UFH's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
66.67% of 258 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.415 vs FRA:UFH: 3.30

US Foods Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

US Foods Holding Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.85 16.92 6.80 5.38 3.72

US Foods Holding Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 3.99 3.38 4.52 2.68 3.19

Competitive Comparison of US Foods Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Food Distribution subindustry, US Foods Holding'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.


US Foods Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

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



US Foods Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

US Foods Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(342.041 + 4428.193) / 1281.049
=3.72

US Foods Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(267.597 + 4208.571) / 1405.56
=3.18

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


US Foods Holding  (FRA:UFH) 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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US Foods Holding Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
9399 West Higgins Road, Suite 100, Rosemont, IL, USA, 60018
US Foods Holding Corp is the U.S. food service distributor. us Foods distributes food and nonfood products to the healthcare and hospitality industries, restaurants, and education, government facilities, and grocers. In addition to its delivery business, the firm has 80 cash-and- carry stores under the Chef'Store banner. The company generates majority of the revenue from Meats and seafood products.

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