SMSOF (Samsonite Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.46 (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Samsonite Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Samsonite Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $229 Mil. Samsonite Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $2,094 Mil. Samsonite Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $946 Mil. Samsonite Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 2.46.

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

SMSOF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.7 Med: 3.65 Max: 11.26
Current: 2.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Samsonite Group was 11.26. The lowest was -3.70. And the median was 3.65.

SMSOF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
52.09% of 812 companies
in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry
Industry Median: 2.615 vs SMSOF: 2.75

Samsonite Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Samsonite Group's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Samsonite Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Samsonite Group Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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-3.70

11.26

3.69

2.53

2.76

Samsonite Group Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.96	-	2.81	-	2.46

Competitive Comparison of Samsonite Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Footwear & Accessories subindustry, Samsonite 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.

Samsonite Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories Industry

For the Manufacturing - Apparel & Accessories industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Samsonite Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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Samsonite Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Samsonite Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(229.4	+	2093.6)	/	843.3
	=	2.75

Samsonite Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(229.4	+	2093.6)	/	946
	=	2.46

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 (Dec. 2024) EBITDA data.

Samsonite Group (OTCPK:SMSOF) 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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Samsonite Group Business Description

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Address

13-15, Avenue de la Liberte, Luxembourg, LUX, L-1931

Website

https://www.corporate.samsonite.com

Samsonite is the world's largest luggage company with a 20% market share in 2023. The company produces and sells travel luggage under various brands targeting the mid-market to high-end consumers. The group's key brand is Samsonite, whose market presence is well established, followed by Tumi, the high-end brand acquired in 2016, which alongside mass-market brand American Tourister, are the next largest earnings contributors. The majority of its products are manufactured by third parties, but Samsonite does produce its own select proprietary materials.