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Bath & Body Works (WBO:LBRA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.60 (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is Bath & Body Works Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Bath & Body Works's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was €461 Mil. Bath & Body Works's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was €4,454 Mil. Bath & Body Works's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was €1,069 Mil. Bath & Body Works's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was 4.60.

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 Bath & Body Works's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

WBO:LBRA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.97   Med: 2.97   Max: 5.8
Current: 3.26

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Bath & Body Works was 5.80. The lowest was 1.97. And the median was 2.97.

WBO:LBRA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
58.36% of 855 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.77 vs WBO:LBRA: 3.26

Bath & Body Works Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bath & Body Works'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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Bath & Body Works Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Bath & Body Works Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 5.80 3.61 2.77 3.75 3.41

Bath & Body Works Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
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 4.56 1.79 5.04 4.46 4.60

Competitive Comparison of Bath & Body Works's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Bath & Body Works'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.


Bath & Body Works's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Bath & Body Works's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Bath & Body Works's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Bath & Body Works Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Bath & Body Works's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(166.158 + 4949.856) / 1500.93
=3.41

Bath & Body Works's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(460.836 + 4454.136) / 1068.552
=4.60

* 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 (Oct. 2024) EBITDA data.


Bath & Body Works  (WBO:LBRA) 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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Bath & Body Works Business Description

Address
Three Limited Parkway, Columbus, OH, USA, 43230
Bath & Body Works is a specialty home fragrance and fragrant body care retailer operating under the Bath & Body Works, C.O. Bigelow, and White Barn brands. The company generates most of its business in North America, with just 5% of sales from international markets in fiscal 2023. For fiscal 2023, 74% of sales stemmed from the brick-and-mortar network (which was composed of more than 1,800 retail stores), similar to 2022 levels, as consumer shopping patterns remained to normal. Future growth is expected from store reformatting, digital and international channels, as well as adjacent category expansions like hair and laundry.

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