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Naspers (JSE:NPN) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 2.06 (As of Sep. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Naspers's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was R8,212 Mil. Naspers's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was R299,165 Mil. Naspers's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was R149,412 Mil. Naspers's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 2.06.

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

JSE:NPN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.4   Med: 1.24   Max: 2.59
Current: 1.49

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Naspers was 2.59. The lowest was 0.40. And the median was 1.24.

JSE:NPN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
60.66% of 272 companies
in the Interactive Media industry
Industry Median: 0.855 vs JSE:NPN: 1.49

Naspers Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Naspers'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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Naspers Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.69 0.96 1.07 0.85 1.60

Naspers 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.34 2.69 2.79 1.14 2.06

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Content & Information subindustry, Naspers'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.


Naspers Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Naspers Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Naspers'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
=(9403.643 + 291038.171) / 187251.173
=1.60

Naspers'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
=(8212.148 + 299164.952) / 149411.784
=2.06

* 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.


Naspers  (JSE:NPN) 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.


Naspers Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Naspers (JSE:NPN) Business Description

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Address
40 Heerengracht, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 8001
Naspers Ltd is a Internet and entertainment group and technology investor in the world. Operating in more than 120 countries and markets with long-term growth potential, Naspers builds companies that empower people and enrich communities. It runs some of the platforms in the internet, video entertainment, and media. Naspers operates in various sectors including online classifieds, food delivery, payments, travel, education, health, and social and internet platforms. People use products and services of companies that Naspers has invested in, acquired or built, including Avito, Brainly, BYJU'S, Codecademy, Honor, Delivery Hero, eMAG, ibibo, iFood, letgo, Media24, Movile, MultiChoice, OLX, PayU, Showmax, SimilarWeb, Swiggy, Twiggle, Takealot, and Udemy.

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