Rusta AB (publ) (OSTO:RUSTA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.38 (As of Jan. 2024)

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What is Rusta AB (publ) Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Rusta AB (publ)'s Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was kr927 Mil. Rusta AB (publ)'s Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was kr4,830 Mil. Rusta AB (publ)'s annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was kr2,416 Mil. Rusta AB (publ)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 2.38.

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 Rusta AB (publ)'s Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

OSTO:RUSTA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.34 Med: 3.44 Max: 4.38
Current: 3.44

During the past 3 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Rusta AB (publ) was 4.38. The lowest was 3.34. And the median was 3.44.

OSTO:RUSTA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
61.76% of 842 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.615 vs OSTO:RUSTA: 3.44

Rusta AB (publ) Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Rusta AB (publ)'s Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Rusta AB (publ) Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Rusta AB (publ) Annual Data

Trend

Apr21

Apr22

Apr23

Debt-to-EBITDA

3.44

3.34

4.38

Rusta AB (publ) Quarterly Data
	Apr21	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				-	8.77	2.64	3.72	2.38

Competitive Comparison of Rusta AB (publ)'s Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Department Stores subindustry, Rusta AB (publ)'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.

Rusta AB (publ)'s Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Rusta AB (publ)'s Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Rusta AB (publ)'s Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Rusta AB (publ) Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Rusta AB (publ)'s Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(1265.7	+	4667.6)	/	1354.1
	=	4.38

Rusta AB (publ)'s annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(927	+	4830)	/	2416
	=	2.38

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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.

Rusta AB (publ) (OSTO:RUSTA) 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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Rusta AB (publ) (OSTO:RUSTA) Business Description

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Address

Kanalvagen 12, 4th floor, Upplands Vasby, SWE, SE-194 05

Website

https://investors.rusta.com

Rusta AB (publ) is a leading company in the Nordic variety hard discount market. Its customer promise is to be a modern variety hard discount retailer making it easy to renew and refill at home at surprisingly low prices. It combines an offering of a wide and curated product assortment of everyday products, with good quality that covers frequent customer needs and wants at the lowest prices among comparable products with a convenient and positive in-store shopping experience. It has a wide multi-geographic presence with a network of 203 stores across Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Germany.

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