GameStop (GameStop) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 1.92 (As of Jan. 2024)

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

GameStop's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $199 Mil. GameStop's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $404 Mil. GameStop's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $314 Mil. GameStop's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 1.92.

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

GME' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -6.02 Med: -0.51 Max: 22.75
Current: 22.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of GameStop was 22.75. The lowest was -6.02. And the median was -0.51.

GME's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
94.75% of 838 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs GME: 22.75

GameStop Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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GameStop Annual Data

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Jan24

Debt-to-EBITDA

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-3.92

-6.02

-2.28

-2.49

22.75

GameStop Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.54	-3.64	-39.70	-45.16	1.92

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, GameStop'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.

GameStop Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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

GameStop Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

GameStop'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
	=	(198.5	+	404.3)	/	26.5
	=	22.75

GameStop's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
	=	(198.5	+	404.3)	/	314.4
	=	1.92

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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.

GameStop (NYSE:GME) 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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GameStop (GameStop) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

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Address

625 Westport Parkway, Grapevine, TX, USA, 76051

Website

https://www.gamestop.com

GameStop Corp is a U.S. multichannel video game, consumer electronics, and services retailer. The company operates across Europe, Canada, Australia, and the United States. GameStop sells new and second-hand video game hardware, physical and digital video game software, and video game accessories, mainly through GameStop, EB Games, and Micromania stores and international e-commerce sites, including www.gamestop.com, www.ebgames.com.au, and www.micromania.fr. The company has two main business segments: Video game brands and Technology brands. The technology brands segment sells wireless products and services and operates Spring Mobile managed AT&T and Cricket Wireless branded stores, along with the Simply Mac business.

Executives

Mark Haymond Robinson	officer: General Manager	625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Daniel William Moore	officer: PAO and Interim PFO	C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Lawrence Cheng	director	C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Alain Attal	director	C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Nir Vinay Patel	officer: Chief Operating Officer	C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Diana Saadeh-jajeh	officer: SVP, Interim CFO	C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Ryan Cohen	director, 10 percent owner	C/O OLSHAN FROME WOLOSKY LLP, 1325 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10019
Rc Ventures Llc	10 percent owner	PO BOX 25250, PMB 30427, MIAMI FL 33102
Michael Recupero	officer: Chief Financial Officer	C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
James Grube	director	C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Matthew Furlong	director, officer: Chief Executive Officer	C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPVINE TX 76051
Yang Xu	director	C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Jenna Owens	officer: Chief Operating Officer	C/O GAMESTOP CORP., 625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051
Raul J Fernandez	director	11600 SUNRISE VALLEY DR, RESTON VA 20191
Kathy P Vrabeck	director	625 WESTPORT PARKWAY, GRAPEVINE TX 76051