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Corus Entertainment (Corus Entertainment) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.56 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Corus Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Corus Entertainment's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $13 Mil. Corus Entertainment's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $774 Mil. Corus Entertainment's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $505 Mil. Corus Entertainment's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 1.56.

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

CJREF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.45   Med: 2.29   Max: 25.18
Current: 3.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Corus Entertainment was 25.18. The lowest was 1.45. And the median was 2.29.

CJREF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
67.86% of 672 companies
in the Media - Diversified industry
Industry Median: 1.65 vs CJREF: 3.31

Corus Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Corus Entertainment'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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Corus Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Corus Entertainment Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.59 7.19 1.45 2.13 3.04

Corus Entertainment Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 1.53 -0.95 1.23 1.16 1.56

Competitive Comparison of Corus Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Entertainment subindustry, Corus Entertainment'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.


Corus Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Media - Diversified Industry

For the Media - Diversified industry and Communication Services sector, Corus Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Corus Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Corus Entertainment's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(20.603 + 883.439) / 297.769
=3.04

Corus Entertainment'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
=(13.001 + 774.3) / 504.504
=1.56

* 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.


Corus Entertainment  (OTCPK:CJREF) 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.


Corus Entertainment Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Corus Entertainment (Corus Entertainment) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
25 Dockside Drive, Corus Quay, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5A 0B5
Corus Entertainment Inc is a media and content company that operates in the diversified media industry. The company has two business segments, which includes television, and radio. The television business segment has a portfolio of television channels. The radio business segment controls a number of stations that cater to the music, news, and talk radio markets. Television segment is the key revenue driver for the group. The company generates the vast majority of its revenue in Canada.