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Churchill Downs (BSP:C2HD34) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.59 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Churchill Downs Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Churchill Downs's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$339 Mil. Churchill Downs's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$24,196 Mil. Churchill Downs's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was R$4,392 Mil. Churchill Downs's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 5.59.

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

BSP:C2HD34' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.62   Med: 4.12   Max: 8.73
Current: 5.4

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Churchill Downs was 8.73. The lowest was 2.62. And the median was 4.12.

BSP:C2HD34's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
70.45% of 626 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 2.82 vs BSP:C2HD34: 5.40

Churchill Downs Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Churchill Downs'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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Churchill Downs Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Churchill Downs Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.00 8.73 3.67 5.26 4.81

Churchill Downs Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 3.53 3.76 6.11 6.33 5.59

Competitive Comparison of Churchill Downs's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Gambling subindustry, Churchill Downs'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.


Churchill Downs's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Travel & Leisure Industry

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Churchill Downs's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Churchill Downs Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Churchill Downs's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(333.186 + 23363.716) / 4926.259
=4.81

Churchill Downs's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(338.626 + 24196.35) / 4392.184
=5.59

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Churchill Downs  (BSP:C2HD34) 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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Churchill Downs (BSP:C2HD34) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
600 North Hurstbourne Parkway, Suite 400, Louisville, KY, USA, 40222
Churchill Downs Inc is a gaming entertainment, online wagering, and racing company. It operates through three business segments: Live and Historical Racing, TwinSpires, and Gaming. The Live and Historical Racing segment includes live and historical pari-mutuel racing. The TwinSpires segment includes the revenue and expenses for online horse racing and the online and retail sports betting and iGaming wagering business. The company generates more than half of its revenue from the Gaming segment includes revenue from casino properties and associated racetrack or jai alai facilities which support the casino license as applicable.

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