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High Liner Foods (High Liner Foods) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.27 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is High Liner Foods Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

High Liner Foods's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $13 Mil. High Liner Foods's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $241 Mil. High Liner Foods's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $78 Mil. High Liner Foods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.27.

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

HLNFF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.96   Med: 4.21   Max: 7.82
Current: 2.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of High Liner Foods was 7.82. The lowest was 2.96. And the median was 4.21.

HLNFF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
59.38% of 1428 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.15 vs HLNFF: 2.96

High Liner Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for High Liner Foods'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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High Liner Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

High Liner Foods 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 6.08 3.89 3.09 3.58 2.98

High Liner Foods Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 4.27 3.39 4.78 3.69 3.27

Competitive Comparison of High Liner Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, High Liner Foods'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.


High Liner Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



High Liner Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

High Liner Foods'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
=(12.773 + 240.788) / 85.172
=2.98

High Liner Foods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(12.773 + 240.788) / 77.544
=3.27

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


High Liner Foods  (OTCPK:HLNFF) 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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High Liner Foods (High Liner Foods) Business Description

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Address
100 Battery Point, P.O. Box 910, Lunenburg, NS, CAN, B0J 2C0
High Liner Foods Inc is a Canadian company which is mainly engaged in the processing and marketing of prepared and packaged frozen seafood products. The company sells its products to institutions, health care facilities, and quick-service family and casual dining establishments. Its foodservice brands include High Liner Culinary, Mirabel, FPI, Viking, American Pride, High Liner, Fisher Boy, Sea Cuisine and others.

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