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Astral Foods (JSE:ARL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.79 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Astral Foods Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Astral Foods's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R809 Mil. Astral Foods's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R126 Mil. Astral Foods's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was R1,184 Mil. Astral Foods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.79.

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

JSE:ARL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -7.25   Med: 0.24   Max: 0.8
Current: 0.8

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Astral Foods was 0.80. The lowest was -7.25. And the median was 0.24.

JSE:ARL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
70.54% of 1497 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.05 vs JSE:ARL: 0.80

Astral Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Astral 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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Astral Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Astral Foods Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.48 0.67 0.19 -7.25 0.63

Astral Foods Semi-Annual Data
Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24 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 0.25 4.63 -1.46 0.94 0.79

Competitive Comparison of Astral Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Farm Products subindustry, Astral 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.


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

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

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



Astral Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Astral Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(808.967 + 126.126) / 1485.508
=0.63

Astral Foods'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
=(808.967 + 126.126) / 1184.476
=0.79

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Astral Foods  (JSE:ARL) 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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Astral Foods Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
13 Thunderbolt Lane, Lanseria Corporate Estate, Lanseria Ext 26, Lanseria, GT, ZAF, 1748
Astral Foods Ltd is an integrated poultry producer operating under several brands. It supplies different poultry needs in Africa. The activities are divided into two operating segments. The poultry segment comprises the sale of poultry-related products for human consumption as well as day-old broilers, hatching eggs and day-old parent stock. The Feed segment comprises the sale of a wide range of specialized feed products for commercially farmed animal species. The majority of revenue is generated from the poultry segment. The company has multiple processing facilities to get the poultry to ready-to-eat form and manufacture vitamin and mineral feed additives.