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Metro (MTRAF) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.63 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Metro Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Metro's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $437 Mil. Metro's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $2,818 Mil. Metro's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $1,236 Mil. Metro's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.63.

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

MTRAF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.1   Med: 1.67   Max: 2.78
Current: 2.23

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Metro was 2.78. The lowest was 1.10. And the median was 1.67.

MTRAF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
57.48% of 254 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.675 vs MTRAF: 2.23

Metro Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Metro'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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Metro Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Metro Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.96 2.78 2.62 2.30 2.17

Metro 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 2.42 1.75 2.27 2.40 2.63

Competitive Comparison of Metro's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Metro'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.


Metro's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

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



Metro Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Metro's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(220.013 + 2975.833) / 1475.87
=2.17

Metro'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
=(436.687 + 2818.189) / 1236.112
=2.63

* 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.


Metro  (OTCPK:MTRAF) 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.


Metro Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Metro (MTRAF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
11011 Maurice-Duplessis, Finances, Montreal, Montreal, QC, CAN, H1C 1V6
Metro is the third-largest grocery retailer in Canada (behind Loblaw and Sobeys) and also owns the top pharmacy chain in Quebec, Jean Coutu, following the 2018 acquisition. Its grocery banners include supermarket chain Metro, discounters Super C and Food Basics, and ethnic food grocer Adonis, while its pharmacies primarily operate under the Jean Coutu and Brunet trademarks. Metro operates both as a food retailer and a franchisor, licensing its trademarks and supplying merchandise to registered pharmacists. The firm also acts as a wholesaler and distributor to serve smaller, neighborhood grocery stores. Unlike peers Loblaw and Sobeys that operate chain stores across Canada, Metro's operations are concentrated in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, with no presence in western Canada.

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