GURUFOCUS.COM » STOCK LIST » Consumer Defensive » Consumer Packaged Goods » Ingredion Inc (NYSE:INGR) » Definitions » Debt-to-EBITDA

Ingredion (Ingredion) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.35 (As of Dec. 2023)


View and export this data going back to 1997. Start your Free Trial

What is Ingredion Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Ingredion's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $504 Mil. Ingredion's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,897 Mil. Ingredion's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,024 Mil. Ingredion's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.34.

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

INGR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.76   Med: 2.24   Max: 4.15
Current: 2.05

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ingredion was 4.15. The lowest was 1.76. And the median was 2.24.

INGR's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
51.4% of 1428 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.145 vs INGR: 2.05

Ingredion Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ingredion'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.

Ingredion Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Ingredion Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.27 2.96 4.15 2.73 2.05

Ingredion 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 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 3.14 1.91 2.02 2.25 2.35

Competitive Comparison of Ingredion's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Ingredion'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.


Ingredion's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Ingredion Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Ingredion'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
=(504 + 1897) / 1172
=2.05

Ingredion'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
=(504 + 1897) / 1024
=2.34

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Ingredion  (NYSE:INGR) 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.


Ingredion Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Ingredion's Debt-to-EBITDA provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.


Ingredion (Ingredion) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 Westbrook Corporate Center, Westchester, IL, USA, 60154
Ingredion is an ingredients provider for the food, beverage, brewing, and animal nutrition industries. The company processes corn, tapioca, potatoes, stevia, grains, fruits, gums, and vegetables into value-added ingredients. The company has two main product lines: specialty and core ingredients. Specialty ingredients includes starch-based texturizers, natural alternative sweeteners such as stevia, and plant proteins for alternative dairy and snacks. Core ingredients includes sweeteners, such as high-fructose corn syrup, and commodity starches, such as those used for sustainable packaging.
Executives
David Eric Seip officer: SVP, Global Ops & CSCO 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
Jorge A. Uribe director 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
Jinghuai Xu officer: SVP, Chief Innovation Officer 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
Larry Fernandes officer: Sr VP and Chief Commercial Off 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
James D Gray officer: Executive VP and CFO 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
Davida Marie Gable officer: VP, Controller & Global SS 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
Patricia Verduin director ONE CONAGRA DRIVE, OMAHA NE 68102
Robert A. Ritchie officer: SVP, Food & Industrial Ingred. 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
Valdirene Bastos-licht officer: Sr. VP and Pres, Asia-Pacific 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
Perez Y Landazuri Pierre officer: SVP and President, EMEA 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
Jorgen Kokke officer: VP and GM, Asia-Pacific 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
James P. Zallie officer: Exec. VP & Pres, Global Ingred 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154
Charles V. Magro director C/O CORTEVA, INC., 974 CENTRE ROAD, CRP 735, WILMINGTON DE 19805
Nancy Wolfe officer: SVP and Chief HR Officer 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60015
Jaeger De Foras Tanya Martina officer: Chief Legal Officer, Corp. Sec 5 WESTBROOK CORPORATE CENTER, WESTCHESTER IL 60154