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Elders (ASX:ELD) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.24 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Elders Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Elders's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was A$302 Mil. Elders's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was A$183 Mil. Elders's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was A$216 Mil. Elders's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 2.24.

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

ASX:ELD' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.01   Med: 2.07   Max: 4.64
Current: 2.24

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Elders was 4.64. The lowest was 1.01. And the median was 2.07.

ASX:ELD's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
51.26% of 1428 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.145 vs ASX:ELD: 2.24

Elders Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Elders Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.33 1.89 1.29 1.04 2.24

Elders Semi-Annual Data
Mar14 Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23
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 1.20 1.29 1.10 2.76 2.24

Competitive Comparison of Elders's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Farm Products subindustry, Elders'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.


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

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

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



Elders Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Elders's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(301.855 + 182.939) / 216.131
=2.24

Elders's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(301.855 + 182.939) / 216.102
=2.24

* 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 two times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Elders  (ASX:ELD) 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.


Elders Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Elders (ASX:ELD) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
80 Grenfell Street, Level 10, Adelaide, SA, AUS, 5000
Elders Ltd is a farm products company. The company's operating segments include Branch Network; Wholesale Products; Feed and Processing Services and Corporate Services and Other Costs. It generates maximum revenue from the Branch Network segment. The Branch Network segment includes the provision of products and services through a common distribution channel, including agricultural retail products, agency services, and financial services.

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