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eBay (MIL:1EBAY) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.06 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is eBay Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

eBay's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €1,224 Mil. eBay's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €5,857 Mil. eBay's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €3,431 Mil. eBay's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.06.

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

MIL:1EBAY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -10.2   Med: 2.2   Max: 8.07
Current: 2.39

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of eBay was 8.07. The lowest was -10.20. And the median was 2.20.

MIL:1EBAY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
52.82% of 852 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.62 vs MIL:1EBAY: 2.39

eBay Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for eBay'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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eBay Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

eBay 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 3.21 1.94 8.07 -10.20 1.88

eBay 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 1.12 1.72 3.03 4.35 2.06

Competitive Comparison of eBay's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Internet Retail subindustry, eBay'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.


eBay's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

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



eBay Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

eBay'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
=(795.956 + 6749.12) / 4010.041
=1.88

eBay'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
=(1223.558 + 5857.401) / 3431.008
=2.06

* 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.


eBay  (MIL:1EBAY) 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.


eBay Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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eBay Business Description

Address
2025 Hamilton Avenue, San Jose, CA, USA, 95125
EBay operates one of the largest e-commerce marketplaces in the world, with $73 billion in 2023 gross merchandise volume, or GMV, rendering the firm a top 10 global e-commerce company. The company generates revenue from listing fees, advertising, revenue-sharing arrangements with service providers, and managed payments, with its platform connecting more than 130 million buyers and roughly 20 million sellers across almost 190 global markets at the end of 2023. EBay generates just north of 50% of its GMV in international markets, with a large presence in the UK, Germany, and Australia.

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