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Fonterra Co-operative Group (NZSE:FCG) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.59 (As of Jul. 2023)


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What is Fonterra Co-operative Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Fonterra Co-operative Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2023 was NZ$887 Mil. Fonterra Co-operative Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2023 was NZ$3,156 Mil. Fonterra Co-operative Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2023 was NZ$2,546 Mil. Fonterra Co-operative Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2023 was 1.59.

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 Fonterra Co-operative Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

NZSE:FCG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.64   Med: 3.47   Max: 8.32
Current: 1.64

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Fonterra Co-operative Group was 8.32. The lowest was 1.64. And the median was 3.47.

NZSE:FCG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
57.59% of 1436 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.14 vs NZSE:FCG: 1.64

Fonterra Co-operative Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fonterra Co-operative Group'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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Fonterra Co-operative Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Fonterra Co-operative Group Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 7.12 3.10 3.23 3.21 1.64

Fonterra Co-operative Group Semi-Annual Data
Jan14 Jul14 Jan15 Jul15 Jan16 Jul16 Jan17 Jul17 Jan18 Jul18 Jan19 Jul19 Jan20 Jul20 Jan21 Jul21 Jan22 Jul22 Jan23 Jul23
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 3.92 3.39 3.37 2.33 1.59

Competitive Comparison of Fonterra Co-operative Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Fonterra Co-operative Group'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.


Fonterra Co-operative Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Fonterra Co-operative Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fonterra Co-operative Group's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Fonterra Co-operative Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Fonterra Co-operative Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(887 + 3156) / 2462
=1.64

Fonterra Co-operative Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(887 + 3156) / 2546
=1.59

* 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 two times the quarterly (Jul. 2023) EBITDA data.


Fonterra Co-operative Group  (NZSE:FCG) 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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Fonterra Co-operative Group (NZSE:FCG) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
109 Fanshawe Street, Auckland Central, Auckland, NZL, 1010
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd operates predominantly in the international dairy industry. The company is involved in the collection, manufacture, and sale of milk and milk-derived products through its ingredients, Consumer and Foodservice channels. The company's reportable segments are Global Markets, Greater China, and Core Operations and the majority of the revenue is generated from its core operations segment. Its primary geographic markets are China, the Rest of Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Latin America, and the Rest of the world.

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