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Big Lots (Big Lots) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 53.97 (As of Jan. 2024)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Big Lots's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $249 Mil. Big Lots's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $2,023 Mil. Big Lots's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $42 Mil. Big Lots's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 53.97.

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

BIG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -19.96   Med: 0.4   Max: 4.72
Current: -9.46

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Big Lots was 4.72. The lowest was -19.96. And the median was 0.40.

BIG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 253 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs BIG: -9.46

Big Lots Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Big Lots'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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Big Lots Annual Data
Trend Jan15 Jan16 Jan17 Jan18 Jan19 Jan20 Jan21 Jan22 Jan23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.30 1.76 4.72 -19.96 -9.46

Big Lots 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 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 14.55 -2.50 -6.83 11.46 53.97

Competitive Comparison

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Big Lots'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.


Big Lots Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Big Lots Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Big Lots'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
=(249.302 + 2022.905) / -240.173
=-9.46

Big Lots'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
=(249.302 + 2022.905) / 42.104
=53.97

* 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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Big Lots  (NYSE:BIG) 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.


Big Lots Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Big Lots (Big Lots) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4900 East Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus, OH, USA, 43081
Big Lots Inc is principally engaged in operating discount retail stores. The company provides a broad range of merchandise, including food, consumables, soft home products, hard home products, furniture, electronics and accessories, and seasonal products. The company sources the merchandise from traditional and close-out channels. In addition to merchandise, the company sells gift cards, issues merchandise credits, and more. The company operates stores throughout the United States, with around one-third of its stores in California, Texas, Ohio, and Florida.
Executives
Christopher J Mccormick director 669 HALYARD LANE, LONGBOAT KEY FL 34228
Sebastian Digrande director 2 FOLSOM STREET, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Michael Allen Schlonsky officer: Senior Vice President 300 PHILLIPI ROAD, COLUMBUS OH 43228
Robins Ronald A Jr officer: Senior Vice President 6301 FITCH PATH, NEW ALBANY OH 43054
Bruce K Thorn director, officer: CEO & President 15885 SPRAGUE RD, STRONGSVILLE OH 44136-1799
Margarita Giannantonio officer: Executive Vice President 4900 E DUBLIN GRANVILLE RD, COLUMBUS OH 43081
Nicholas E Padovano officer: Senior Vice President 4900 E DUBLIN GRANVILLE RD, COLUMBUS OH 43081
Gurmeet Singh officer: Executive Vice President 2 FOLSOM ST, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94105
Sandra Yvette Campos director 4900 E DUBLIN GRANVILLE RD, COLUMBUS OH 43081
Kimberley Alexis Newton director 4900 E DUBLIN GRANVILLE RD, COLUMBUS OH 43081
James R Chambers director C/O B&G FOODS, INC., 4 GATEHALL DRIVE, SUITE 110, PARSIPPANY NJ 07054
Cynthia T Jamison director TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY, 5401 VIRGINIA WAY, BRENTWOOD TN 37027
Gene Eddie Burt officer: Executive Vice President 19601 N 27TH AVE, PHOENIX AZ 85027
Wendy Lee Schoppert director 6105 TRENTON LANE NORTH, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55442
Jack Anthony Pestello officer: Executive Vice President 4900 E DUBLIN GRANVILLE RD, COLUMBUS OH 43081