Colruyt Group NV (LTS:0N4Y) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.14 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is Colruyt Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Colruyt Group NV's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €212 Mil. Colruyt Group NV's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €806 Mil. Colruyt Group NV's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €891 Mil. Colruyt Group NV's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.14.

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

LTS:0N4Y' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.04 Med: 0.19 Max: 1.96
Current: 0.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Colruyt Group NV was 1.96. The lowest was 0.04. And the median was 0.19.

LTS:0N4Y's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
81.4% of 258 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.415 vs LTS:0N4Y: 0.63

Colruyt Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Colruyt Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Colruyt Group NV Annual Data

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0.19

0.55

1.36

1.96

0.63

Colruyt Group NV Semi-Annual Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.46	2.37	1.72	0.46	1.14

Competitive Comparison of Colruyt Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Colruyt Group NV'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.

Colruyt Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

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

Colruyt Group NV Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Colruyt Group NV's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
	=	(211.9	+	806.3)	/	1625.8
	=	0.63

Colruyt Group NV'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
	=	(211.9	+	806.3)	/	890.6
	=	1.14

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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.

Colruyt Group NV (LTS:0N4Y) 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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Address

Edingensesteenweg 196, Wilgenveld, Halle, BEL, B-1500

Website

https://www.colruytgroup.com

Colruyt NV Formerly Etablissementen Franz Colruyt NV is a Belgian-based family owned food retailer with nearly 30,000 employees and more than 530 stores (460 stores in Belgium and 76 in France) that traces its origins back to 1928. Aside from its flagship Colruyt supermarkets in Belgium and Luxembourg (60% of sales), it generates 16% of sales under separate banners from neighbourhood stores, biosupermarkets, covered markets, and family and seasonal stores. Its food service and wholesale businesses account for a further 18% of sales. Colruyt also owns DATS 24 filling stations, and a green energy business, generating electricity from wind turbines, solar panels, and biomass.

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