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Base Food (TSE:2936) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.34 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Base Food Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Base Food's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円501 Mil. Base Food's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円7 Mil. Base Food's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 円-1,491 Mil. Base Food's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was -0.34.

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

TSE:2936' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.6   Med: -0.46   Max: -0.13
Current: -0.57

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Base Food was -0.13. The lowest was -0.60. And the median was -0.46.

TSE:2936's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1436 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.14 vs TSE:2936: -0.57

Base Food Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Base Food'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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Base Food Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Base Food Annual Data
Trend Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA
-0.38 -0.13 -0.54 -0.60

Base Food Quarterly Data
Feb21 Feb22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only -0.74 -0.35 0.52 -0.64 -0.34

Competitive Comparison of Base Food's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Base Food'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.


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

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

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



Base Food Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Base Food's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(501.349 + 6.905) / -853.895
=-0.60

Base Food's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(501.349 + 6.905) / -1490.996
=-0.34

* 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


Base Food  (TSE:2936) 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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Base Food (TSE:2936) Business Description

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Address
5-25-2 Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 153-0061
Base Food Inc is engaged in the development and sale of complete nutrition food. It offers base bread, base pasta and base cookies related products.

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