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Tongaat Hulett (JSE:TON) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.27 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Tongaat Hulett Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Tongaat Hulett's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was R6,852 Mil. Tongaat Hulett's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was R453 Mil. Tongaat Hulett's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was R3,220 Mil. Tongaat Hulett's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 2.27.

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

JSE:TON's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 2.13
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Tongaat Hulett Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tongaat Hulett'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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Tongaat Hulett Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Tongaat Hulett Annual Data
Trend Mar12 Mar13 Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.03 -59.23 9.89 4.95 4.92

Tongaat Hulett Semi-Annual Data
Mar12 Sep12 Mar13 Sep13 Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21
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 7.78 3.68 3.73 -45.19 2.27

Competitive Comparison of Tongaat Hulett's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Confectioners subindustry, Tongaat Hulett'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.


Tongaat Hulett's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Tongaat Hulett Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Tongaat Hulett's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(7165 + 426) / 1544
=4.92

Tongaat Hulett's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6852 + 453) / 3220
=2.27

* 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 two times the quarterly (Sep. 2021) EBITDA data.


Tongaat Hulett  (JSE:TON) 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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Tongaat Hulett (JSE:TON) Business Description

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Address
Amanzimnyama Hill Road, P O Box 3, Tongaat, NL, ZAF, 4400
Tongaat Hulett Ltd produces sugar and glucose in Africa. It procures its raw materials both from land it owns and from private farmers. Tongaat sells its products to customers in the foodservice industry and to consumers as branded products. Raw sugar sales make up most of the company's revenue. Its biggest markets are South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique. The company also earns revenue by converting and developing land that it owns and has used for agricultural purposes. Additionally, the by-products from its manufacturing processes create renewable energy, which the company uses to supply electricity to the grid in some instances.

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