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Al Eid Food Co (KUW:ALEID) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.31 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Al Eid Food Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Al Eid Food Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD15.31 Mil. Al Eid Food Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD0.83 Mil. Al Eid Food Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was KWD6.99 Mil. Al Eid Food Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.31.

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 Eid Food Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KUW:ALEID' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 2.68   Max: 3.64
Current: 3.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Al Eid Food Co was 3.64. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 2.68.

KUW:ALEID's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
62.15% of 251 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.55 vs KUW:ALEID: 3.08

Al Eid Food Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Al Eid Food Co'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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Al Eid Food Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Al Eid Food Co Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.73 2.77 2.10 2.27 3.64

Al Eid Food Co Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.55 1.34 1.87 3.81 2.31

Competitive Comparison of Al Eid Food Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Al Eid Food Co'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 Eid Food Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

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



Al Eid Food Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Al Eid Food Co'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
=(15.289 + 1.037) / 4.491
=3.64

Al Eid Food Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(15.311 + 0.83) / 6.988
=2.31

* 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. 2024) EBITDA data.


Al Eid Food Co  (KUW:ALEID) 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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Al Eid Food Co (KUW:ALEID) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
Al Ardiya Industrial Area, P.O. Box 41081, Building 100, Block 2, Kuwait City, KWT, 85851
Al Eid Food Co is importing, distributes, packaging, and marketing food and consumer products. It specializes in food and beverage distribution in Kuwait. Its products include Alwaha, Seara, GoldAlex, Delicio, Rahma, and Sunlite. It also provides oils, pulses, spices, rice, seafood, nuts, and meat. Operating segments of the group are distributed over the State of Kuwait, and the Gulf co-operation council, and the majority of the revenue comes from the State of Kuwait.

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