Al Shaheer (KAR:ASC) Debt-to-EBITDA : (As of Mar. 2026)

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What is Al Shaheer Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Al Shaheer's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was ₨2,667 Mil. Al Shaheer's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was ₨0 Mil. Al Shaheer's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was ₨22 Mil. Al Shaheer's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was 119.90.

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 Al Shaheer's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KAR:ASC's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Retail - Defensive industry.
Industry Median: 2.15
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Al Shaheer  (KAR:ASC) 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.


Al Shaheer Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Al Shaheer Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Al Shaheer'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.

Al Shaheer Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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KAR:ASC vs IVFH: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Al Shaheer'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.


Al Shaheer Debt-to-EBITDA vs Retail - Defensive Industry

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

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



Al Shaheer Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Al Shaheer's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2694.565 + 21.43) / -106.129
=-25.59

Al Shaheer's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2667.136 + 0) / 22.244
=119.90

* 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 (Mar. 2026) EBITDA data.


Al Shaheer Business Description

Address Mansoor Tower, Suite No. G/5/5, 3rd Floor, Block-8, Clifton, Shahrah-e-roomi, Karachi, SD, PAK
Al Shaheer Corp is a Pakistan based company involved in trading of different types of Halal meat including goat, cow, chicken, and fish, Both for Export market and local sales through a chain of retail stores. The Company has two reportable segments - raw meat and processed food items. The company generates majority of its revenue from the processed food items segment.