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Lions Gate Entertainment (STU:LGNA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.43 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Lions Gate Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Lions Gate Entertainment's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €1,861 Mil. Lions Gate Entertainment's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €2,096 Mil. Lions Gate Entertainment's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €1,628 Mil. Lions Gate Entertainment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.43.

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 Lions Gate Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

STU:LGNA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.18   Med: 2.07   Max: 29.19
Current: 2.61

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Lions Gate Entertainment was 29.19. The lowest was 1.18. And the median was 2.07.

STU:LGNA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
62.01% of 658 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.645 vs STU:LGNA: 2.61

Lions Gate Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Lions Gate Entertainment'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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Lions Gate Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Lions Gate Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.62 2.06 2.08 29.19 4.84

Lions Gate Entertainment 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 -2.57 2.67 2.29 2.93 2.43

Competitive Comparison of Lions Gate Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Entertainment subindustry, Lions Gate Entertainment'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.


Lions Gate Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Lions Gate Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Lions Gate Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Lions Gate Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2073.128 + 1991.432) / 839.04
=4.84

Lions Gate Entertainment'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
=(1860.745 + 2095.816) / 1627.928
=2.43

* 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.


Lions Gate Entertainment  (STU:LGNA) 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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Lions Gate Entertainment Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
250 Howe Street, 20th Floor, Vancouver, BC, CAN, V6C 3R8
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp is engaged in the entertainment business. The company's segment includes Motion Picture, Television Production, and Media Networks. It generates maximum revenue from the Television Production segment. Television Production segment consists of the development, production and worldwide distribution of television productions including television series, television movies and mini-series, and non-fiction programming.

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