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Sonae SGPS (LTS:0ML0) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.15 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Sonae SGPS Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sonae SGPS's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €574 Mil. Sonae SGPS's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €3,511 Mil. Sonae SGPS's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €1,296 Mil. Sonae SGPS's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.15.

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

LTS:0ML0' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.76   Med: 4.12   Max: 6.38
Current: 3.59

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sonae SGPS was 6.38. The lowest was 2.76. And the median was 4.12.

LTS:0ML0's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
69.77% of 258 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.415 vs LTS:0ML0: 3.59

Sonae SGPS Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sonae SGPS'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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Sonae SGPS Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sonae SGPS Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.44 6.38 3.52 3.17 2.76

Sonae SGPS 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 2.69 1.79 4.62 3.64 3.15

Competitive Comparison of Sonae SGPS's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Sonae SGPS'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.


Sonae SGPS's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

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



Sonae SGPS Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sonae SGPS'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
=(235.815 + 2438.007) / 967.952
=2.76

Sonae SGPS'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
=(574.068 + 3510.69) / 1296.308
=3.15

* 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.


Sonae SGPS  (LTS:0ML0) 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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Sonae SGPS Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Lugar do Espido, Via Norte, Apartado 1011, Maia, PRT, 4470-909
Sonae SGPS SA is a retail company that manages a variety of business portfolios, including food, sports goods, clothing & apparel, financial services, electronics, technology, and telecommunication. The company's business is divided into eight segments based on the business offerings: Sonae MC, Worten, Sonae Fashion, Iberian Sports Retail Group, Sonae FS, Sonae IM, Sonae Sierra, and NOS. The Sonae MC business segment, which generates most of the company's revenue, is the company's food retail unit and operates restaurants, supermarkets, and convenience stores, among others. The company operates globally but earns most of its revenue in Portugal.

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