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CVS Group (LSE:CVSG) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.44 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CVS Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

CVS Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £14.0 Mil. CVS Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £254.3 Mil. CVS Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £110.2 Mil. CVS Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.43.

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

LSE:CVSG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.78   Med: 2.19   Max: 3.29
Current: 2.42

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of CVS Group was 3.29. The lowest was 1.78. And the median was 2.19.

LSE:CVSG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
60% of 80 companies
in the Personal Services industry
Industry Median: 3.615 vs LSE:CVSG: 2.42

CVS Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for CVS Group'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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CVS Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

CVS Group Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.46 2.85 2.08 2.10 1.78

CVS Group Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
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 1.86 2.35 1.68 1.78 2.44

Competitive Comparison of CVS Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Personal Services subindustry, CVS Group'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.


CVS Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Personal Services Industry

For the Personal Services industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, CVS Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



CVS Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

CVS Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(13.3 + 185.8) / 111.7
=1.78

CVS Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(14 + 254.3) / 110.2
=2.43

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


CVS Group  (LSE:CVSG) 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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CVS Group (LSE:CVSG) Business Description

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Address
Owen Road, CVS House, Diss, Norfolk, GBR, IP22 4ER
CVS Group PLC is a veterinary service provider in the United Kingdom. The group operates through four business divisions; Veterinary Practices, Laboratories, Crematoria, and Online Retail Business. The veterinary practice segment generates majority of the revenues. The company facilitates its veterinary services through its diagnostics, laboratory reports, along pet cremation services. It also offers retail pharmacy through Animed Direct. Geographically, it generates the majority of the revenue from the United Kingdom and also operates in the Netherlands and Ireland.

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