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Barnes & Noble (Barnes & Noble) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 15.00 (As of Apr. 2019)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Barnes & Noble's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2019 was $0 Mil. Barnes & Noble's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2019 was $204 Mil. Barnes & Noble's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2019 was $14 Mil. Barnes & Noble's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2019 was 15.00.

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 Barnes & Noble's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BKS's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Retail - Cyclical industry.
Industry Median: 2.67
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Barnes & Noble Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Barnes & Noble'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.

* Premium members only.

Barnes & Noble Annual Data
Trend Apr10 Apr11 Apr12 Apr13 Apr14 Apr15 Apr16 Apr17 Apr18 Apr19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 0.31 0.37 -8.11 1.75

Barnes & Noble Quarterly Data
Jul14 Oct14 Jan15 Apr15 Jul15 Oct15 Jan16 Apr16 Jul16 Oct16 Jan17 Apr17 Jul17 Oct17 Jan18 Apr18 Jul18 Oct18 Jan19 Apr19
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 -71.88 5.30 -36.56 0.30 15.00

Competitive Comparison

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Barnes & Noble'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.


Barnes & Noble Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Barnes & Noble Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Barnes & Noble's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 203.8) / 116.178
=1.75

Barnes & Noble's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Apr. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 203.8) / 13.588
=15.00

* 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 (Apr. 2019) EBITDA data.


Barnes & Noble  (NYSE:BKS) 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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Barnes & Noble (Barnes & Noble) Business Description

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Address
122 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, USA, 10011
Barnes & Noble is a United States-based company that is mainly engaged in retail of books and products of content, digital media, and educational products. The company operates in a multichannel model, including a physical bookstore network throughout the country, an e-commerce platform on BN.com, and its Nook digital business. The company offers books, magazines, music, DVDs, newspapers, and entertainment content, along with e-reading products under the Nook brand. Retail sales from physical stores and BN.com account for the majority of the company's total revenue.
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