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Herbalife (STU:HOO) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.85 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Herbalife Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Herbalife's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €239 Mil. Herbalife's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €1,982 Mil. Herbalife's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was €578 Mil. Herbalife's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was 3.84.

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

STU:HOO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.37   Med: 3.43   Max: 5.74
Current: 4.28

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Herbalife was 5.74. The lowest was 2.37. And the median was 3.43.

STU:HOO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
73.24% of 1521 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.21 vs STU:HOO: 4.28

Herbalife Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Herbalife'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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Herbalife Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Herbalife Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.56 3.66 4.30 5.74 4.85

Herbalife Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
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 6.22 6.07 3.85 4.46 3.85

Competitive Comparison of Herbalife's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Herbalife'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.


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

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

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


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Herbalife Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Herbalife'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
=(308.656 + 2049.526) / 486.191
=4.85

Herbalife's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(238.835 + 1981.72) / 577.568
=3.84

* 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 (Mar. 2025) EBITDA data.


Herbalife  (STU:HOO) 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.


Herbalife Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Herbalife Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Ugland House, South Church Street, P.O. Box 309GT, Grand Cayman, CYM
Herbalife Ltd is an international nutrition company that provides health and wellness products to consumers in 95 markets, which consist of countries and territories, through their direct-selling business model. Companies' products are weight management, targeted nutrition, Energy, Sports and Fitness, Outer Nutrition and Literature, Promotional, and Other. Weight management generates the majority of revenue from products like Meal replacements, protein shakes, drink mixes, weight loss enhancers, and healthy snacks. Geographically, the main segments are North America, Latin America, EMEA, Asia Pacific regions, and China.

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