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BUA Foods (NSA:BUAFOODS) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.98 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is BUA Foods Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

BUA Foods's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ₦324,376 Mil. BUA Foods's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ₦1,345 Mil. BUA Foods's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was ₦332,206 Mil. BUA Foods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.98.

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

NSA:BUAFOODS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.29   Med: 2.67   Max: 4.77
Current: 1.29

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of BUA Foods was 4.77. The lowest was 1.29. And the median was 2.67.

NSA:BUAFOODS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
61.05% of 1489 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.02 vs NSA:BUAFOODS: 1.29

BUA Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for BUA Foods'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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BUA Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

BUA Foods Annual Data
Trend Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
2.56 2.79 1.74 4.77

BUA Foods Quarterly Data
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 5.95 27.07 1.58 1.09 0.98

Competitive Comparison of BUA Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, BUA Foods'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.


BUA Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, BUA Foods's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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BUA Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

BUA Foods'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
=(650277.804 + 1409.936) / 136556.757
=4.77

BUA Foods'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
=(324375.774 + 1344.517) / 332206.008
=0.98

* 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.


BUA Foods  (NSA:BUAFOODS) 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.


BUA Foods Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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BUA Foods Business Description

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Address
Churchgate Street, 3rd Floor BUA Towers, PC 32, P.O.Box 70106, Victoria Island, Lagos, NGA
BUA Foods PLC is involved in the food and fast-moving consumer goods business which processes, manufactures, and distributes food as well as packaged food. The company's business operations comprise five divisions, including Sugar, Flour, Pasta, Rice, and Edible Oils. It has four segments Flour segment, Sugar segment, Pasta segment, and Others. Maximum revenue is from sales of sugar.

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