Livestock Transport & Trading Co (KUW:CATTL) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.61 (As of Jun. 2024)

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What is Livestock Transport & Trading Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Livestock Transport & Trading Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was KWD2.29 Mil. Livestock Transport & Trading Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was KWD13.40 Mil. Livestock Transport & Trading Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was KWD6.02 Mil. Livestock Transport & Trading Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 was 2.60.

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 Livestock Transport & Trading Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

KUW:CATTL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10.94 Med: 2.72 Max: 63.95
Current: 2.47

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Livestock Transport & Trading Co was 63.95. The lowest was -10.94. And the median was 2.72.

KUW:CATTL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.8% of 250 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.44 vs KUW:CATTL: 2.47

Livestock Transport & Trading Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Livestock Transport & Trading Co's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Livestock Transport & Trading Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Livestock Transport & Trading Co Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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2.22

3.39

-4.13

63.95

3.22

Livestock Transport & Trading Co Quarterly Data
	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															3.80	12.01	1.69	2.83	2.61

Competitive Comparison of Livestock Transport & Trading Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Livestock Transport & Trading 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.

Livestock Transport & Trading Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Livestock Transport & Trading Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Livestock Transport & Trading Co's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Livestock Transport & Trading Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Livestock Transport & Trading 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
	=	(3.869	+	14.608)	/	5.733
	=	3.22

Livestock Transport & Trading Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(2.288	+	13.403)	/	6.024
	=	2.60

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 (Jun. 2024) EBITDA data.

Livestock Transport & Trading Co (KUW:CATTL) 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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Livestock Transport & Trading Co Business Description

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Address

Sulaibiya Agricultural Area, Block 12, P.O. Box 23727, Kuwait, KWT, 13098

Website

https://www.almawashi.com.kw

Livestock Transport & Trading Co is engaged in livestock import & export business. It operates in three segments: Commercial, which includes purchasing, transporting, ranching, and selling the live and slaughtered sheep and all skins, intestines, and fertilizers, and also purchasing and selling fodder and chilled & frozen meat in wholesale and retail; Food processing segment includes meat processing and its classification in all products and selling it in wholesale; and Investments segment include investment portfolios managed by specialized companies and deposits. It generates the majority of its revenue from the Commercial segment. Its geographical segments are Kuwait, UAE, Australia, and South Africa, of which Kuwait accounts for most of its revenue.

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