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The Mosaic Co (STU:02M) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.31 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is The Mosaic Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

The Mosaic Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €831 Mil. The Mosaic Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €3,023 Mil. The Mosaic Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €1,668 Mil. The Mosaic Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.31.

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 The Mosaic Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

STU:02M' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -30.55   Med: 1.88   Max: 4.32
Current: 2.56

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of The Mosaic Co was 4.32. The lowest was -30.55. And the median was 1.88.

STU:02M's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
57.53% of 186 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 2.1 vs STU:02M: 2.56

The Mosaic Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for The Mosaic Co'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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The Mosaic Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

The Mosaic Co Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -30.55 3.82 1.36 0.66 1.61

The Mosaic Co 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 3.73 1.58 3.68 4.41 2.31

Competitive Comparison of The Mosaic Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, The Mosaic Co'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.


The Mosaic Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, The Mosaic Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



The Mosaic Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

The Mosaic Co'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
=(545.707 + 3117.525) / 2270.033
=1.61

The Mosaic Co'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
=(831.263 + 3023.396) / 1667.572
=2.31

* 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.


The Mosaic Co  (STU:02M) 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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The Mosaic Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
101 East Kennedy Boulevard, Suite 2500, Tampa, FL, USA, 33602
Formed in 2004 by the combination of IMC Global and Cargill's fertilizer business, Mosaic is one of the largest phosphate and potash producers in the world. The company's assets include phosphate rock mines in Florida, Brazil, and Peru and potash mines in Saskatchewan, New Mexico, and Brazil. Mosaic also runs a large fertilizer distribution operation in Brazil through its Mosaic Fertilizantes business, which the company acquired from Vale in 2018.

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