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KIKOY (Kikkoman) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.41 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Kikkoman Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Kikkoman's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $71 Mil. Kikkoman's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $336 Mil. Kikkoman's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $992 Mil. Kikkoman's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.41.

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

KIKOY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.34   Med: 0.69   Max: 1.82
Current: 0.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Kikkoman was 1.82. The lowest was 0.34. And the median was 0.69.

KIKOY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
79.49% of 1497 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.05 vs KIKOY: 0.47

Kikkoman Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Kikkoman'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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Kikkoman Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Kikkoman Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.74 0.64 0.54 0.57 0.55

Kikkoman Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 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 0.48 0.44 0.55 - 0.41

Competitive Comparison of Kikkoman's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Kikkoman'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.


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

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

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



Kikkoman Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Kikkoman's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(71.74 + 328.144) / 723.468
=0.55

Kikkoman'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
=(71.107 + 335.716) / 992.264
=0.41

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Kikkoman  (OTCPK:KIKOY) 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.


Kikkoman Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Kikkoman Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
250 Noda, Noda-shi, Chiba, JPN, 278-8601
Kikkoman was founded in 1917 following the merger of eight family-owned companies in Noda, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is the largest soy sauce manufacturer in Japan and the US Domestically, it sells a broad range of food and beverage products including but not limited to soy sauce, soy milk, licensed Del Monte products, and liquor. Kikkoman's products are shipped to over 100 countries with eight global production plants across the US, Asia, Europe, and South America. Apart from food manufacturing, Kikkoman also operates a wholesale business segment that resells Asian foods globally.

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