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Starbucks (MIL:1SBUX) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.72 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Starbucks Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Starbucks's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €2,444 Mil. Starbucks's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €20,805 Mil. Starbucks's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €6,253 Mil. Starbucks's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 3.72.

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

MIL:1SBUX' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48   Med: 2.5   Max: 8.14
Current: 3.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Starbucks was 8.14. The lowest was 0.48. And the median was 2.50.

MIL:1SBUX's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
57.39% of 284 companies
in the Restaurants industry
Industry Median: 2.965 vs MIL:1SBUX: 3.62

Starbucks Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Starbucks Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.14 3.21 3.81 3.32 3.62

Starbucks 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 2.91 3.21 4.11 3.24 3.72

Competitive Comparison of Starbucks's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Restaurants subindustry, Starbucks'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.


Starbucks's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Restaurants Industry

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

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



Starbucks Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Starbucks's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(2443.512 + 20805.081) / 6418.724
=3.62

Starbucks'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
=(2443.512 + 20805.081) / 6253.3
=3.72

* 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.


Starbucks  (MIL:1SBUX) 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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Starbucks Business Description

Address
2401 Utah Avenue South, Seattle, WA, USA, 98134
Starbucks is one of the most widely recognized restaurant brands in the world, operating more than 40,000 stores across more than 80 countries as of the end of fiscal 2024. The firm operates in three segments: North America, international markets, and channel development (grocery and ready-to-drink beverage). The coffee chain generates revenue from company-operated stores, royalties, sales of equipment and products to license partners, ready-to-drink beverages, packaged coffee sales, and single-serve products.

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