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Goodman Fielder (Goodman Fielder) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.09 (As of Dec. 2014)


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What is Goodman Fielder Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Goodman Fielder's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was $0 Mil. Goodman Fielder's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was $562 Mil. Goodman Fielder's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was $182 Mil. Goodman Fielder's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 was 3.09.

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

GDFLY's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 2.125
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Goodman Fielder Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Goodman Fielder'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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Goodman Fielder Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Goodman Fielder Annual Data
Trend Jun05 Jun06 Jun07 Jun08 Jun09 Jun10 Jun11 Jun12 Jun13 Jun14
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.55 16.81 16.51 3.04 -2.44

Goodman Fielder Semi-Annual Data
Jun06 Dec06 Jun07 Dec07 Jun08 Dec08 Jun09 Dec09 Jun10 Dec10 Jun11 Dec11 Jun12 Dec12 Jun13 Dec13 Jun14 Dec14
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 3.37 2.72 -9.40 -1.07 3.09

Competitive Comparison of Goodman Fielder's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Confectioners subindustry, Goodman Fielder'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.


Goodman Fielder's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Goodman Fielder's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Goodman Fielder Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Goodman Fielder's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.936 + 600.843) / -247.004
=-2.44

Goodman Fielder's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0.413 + 562.428) / 182.164
=3.09

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2014) EBITDA data.


Goodman Fielder  (OTCPK:GDFLY) 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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Goodman Fielder (Goodman Fielder) Business Description

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Goodman Fielder Limited manufactures, markets & distributes food ingredients & consumer branded food, beverage & related products, including packaged bread & other related goods, biscuits, dairy products, small goods, flour, edible oils & meal components.

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