Qurate Retail (Qurate Retail) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -372.19 (As of Dec. 2023)

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

Qurate Retail's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $642 Mil. Qurate Retail's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,313 Mil. Qurate Retail's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-16 Mil. Qurate Retail's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -372.19.

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

QRTEB' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -5.01 Med: 3.66 Max: 20.7
Current: 6.45

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Qurate Retail was 20.70. The lowest was -5.01. And the median was 3.66.

QRTEB's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
77.68% of 838 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs QRTEB: 6.45

Qurate Retail Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Qurate Retail Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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20.70

3.43

4.44

-5.01

6.45

Qurate Retail Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															11.30	6.46	3.96	5.94	-372.19

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Qurate Retail'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.

Qurate Retail Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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

Qurate Retail Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Qurate Retail'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
	=	(642	+	5313)	/	924
	=	6.44

Qurate Retail's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
	=	(642	+	5313)	/	-16
	=	-372.19

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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.

Qurate Retail (NAS:QRTEB) 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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Qurate Retail (Qurate Retail) Business Description

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Address

12300 Liberty Boulevard, Englewood, CO, USA, 80112

Website

https://www.qurateretail.com

Qurate Retail Inc, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in the video and online commerce industries. Its segments include QxH, which includes QVC U.S. and HSN market and sell a wide variety of consumer products in the United States, primarily using their televised shopping programs and via the Internet through their websites and mobile applications; QVC International segment markets and sells a wide variety of consumer products in several foreign countries, primarily using its televised shopping programs and via the Internet through its international websites and mobile applications; and Zulily markets and sells a wide variety of consumer products in the United States and several foreign countries. Its geographical segments include the U.S, Japan, Germany, and Other countries.