Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV (Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 5.41 (As of Dec. 2023)

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

Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $4,004 Mil. Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $74,164 Mil. Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $14,448 Mil. Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.41.

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 Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BUD' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.61 Med: 4.8 Max: 9.7
Current: 5.94

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV was 9.70. The lowest was 2.61. And the median was 4.80.

BUD's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
84.28% of 159 companies
in the Beverages - Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs BUD: 5.94

Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV Annual Data

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Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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4.62

8.53

4.98

4.20

4.09

Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV 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															4.62	-	8.99	-	5.41

Competitive Comparison

For the Beverages - Brewers subindustry, Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV'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.

Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Beverages - Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV'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
	=	(4004	+	74164)	/	19129
	=	4.09

Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV'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
	=	(4004	+	74164)	/	14448
	=	5.41

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.

Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV (NYSE:BUD) 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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Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV (Anheuser-Busch InBev/NV) Business Description

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Traded in Other Exchanges

ANH:South Africa BUDFF:USA ANB:Mexico ABI:Italy 0A22:UK ABIb:UK 0RJI:UK 1NBA:Germany ITKA:Germany 1NBA:Germany 1NBA:Germany ITKA:Germany 1NBA:Germany ABUD34:Brazil ABI:Belgium ABIN:Austria

Address

Brouwerijplein 1, Leuven, BEL, 3000

Website

https://www.ab-inbev.com

Anheuser-Busch InBev is the largest brewer in the world and one of the world's top five consumer product companies, as measured by EBITDA. The company's portfolio contains six of the top 10 beer brands by volume, according to Euromonitor, and we estimate it distributes 23 brands with retail sales over $1 billion. AB InBev was created by the 2008 merger of Belgium-based InBev and U.S.-based Anheuser-Busch. The firm holds a 62% economic interest in Ambev and in 2016 it acquired SABMiller.