Roebuck Food Group (LSE:RFG) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.91 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Roebuck Food Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Roebuck Food Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £1.24 Mil. Roebuck Food Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £0.93 Mil. Roebuck Food Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £-2.38 Mil. Roebuck Food Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -0.91.

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

LSE:RFG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.5 Med: 4.22 Max: 9.2
Current: -1.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Roebuck Food Group was 9.20. The lowest was -1.50. And the median was 4.22.

LSE:RFG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 253 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.58 vs LSE:RFG: -1.50

Roebuck Food Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Roebuck Food Group's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Roebuck Food Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Roebuck Food Group Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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2.49

6.98

4.53

9.20

-1.50

Roebuck Food Group Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-36.57	4.47	14.76	-6.45	-0.91

Competitive Comparison of Roebuck Food Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Roebuck Food 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.

Roebuck Food Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

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

Roebuck Food Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Roebuck Food Group'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
	=	(1.238	+	0.932)	/	-1.448
	=	-1.50

Roebuck Food 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
	=	(1.238	+	0.932)	/	-2.378
	=	-0.91

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.

Roebuck Food Group (LSE:RFG) 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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Roebuck Food Group (LSE:RFG) Business Description

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Address

7 Carrivekeeney Road, Co.Down, Newry, IRL, BT35 7LU

Website

https://www.roebuckfoodgroup.com

Roebuck Food Group PLC is a warehousing company serving the food manufacturing, distribution, and retailing sectors. Its segments include Product Sourcing Business and Dairy farming. The product sourcing business is a protein sourcing business with a sales footprint across Ireland, the UK, and mainland Europe, expanding into other geographical markets. The dairy business is made up of Cantwellscourt Farm, which is a large A2 milking farm based in Kilkenny, Ireland and Grass 2 Milk which is a value-add functional nutrition business focused on A2 dairy protein with global market potential. It generates maximum revenue from the Product Sourcing Business segment.