Alibaba Group Holding (BSP:BABA34) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.11 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Alibaba Group Holding Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Alibaba Group Holding's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$18,085 Mil. Alibaba Group Holding's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$95,778 Mil. Alibaba Group Holding's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$103,074 Mil. Alibaba Group Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.10.

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 Alibaba Group Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BSP:BABA34' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.64 Med: 1.09 Max: 1.38
Current: 1.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Alibaba Group Holding was 1.38. The lowest was 0.64. And the median was 1.09.

BSP:BABA34's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
77.14% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs BSP:BABA34: 1.14

Alibaba Group Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Alibaba Group Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Alibaba Group Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Alibaba Group Holding Annual Data

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0.97

0.69

0.83

1.38

1.28

Alibaba Group Holding Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.69	2.57	0.89	0.98	1.11

Competitive Comparison of Alibaba Group Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Alibaba Group Holding'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.

Alibaba Group Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Alibaba Group Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Alibaba Group Holding Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Alibaba Group Holding's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(13554.953	+	134269.09)	/	115732.221
	=	1.28

Alibaba Group Holding's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(18084.834	+	95778.113)	/	103074.08
	=	1.10

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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

Alibaba Group Holding (BSP:BABA34) 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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Alibaba Group Holding (BSP:BABA34) Business Description

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Address

1 Matheson Street, Causeway Bay, 26th Floor, Tower One, Times Square, Hong Kong, HKG

Website

https://www.alibabagroup.com

Alibaba is the world's largest online and mobile commerce company as measured by gross merchandise volume (CNY 8.3 trillion for the fiscal year ended March 2022). It operates China's online marketplaces, including Taobao (consumer-to-consumer) and Tmall (business-to-consumer). Alibaba's China commerce retail division accounted for 67% of revenue in the year ended March 2022. Additional revenue sources include China commerce wholesale (2%), international commerce retail/wholesale (5%/2%), local consumer services (5%), cloud computing (9%), digital media and entertainment platforms (4%), Cainiao logistics services (5%), and innovation initiatives/other (1%).

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