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Vipshop Holdings (Vipshop Holdings) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 0.25 (As of Sep. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Vipshop Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $119 Mil. Vipshop Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $98 Mil. Vipshop Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was $861 Mil. Vipshop Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 0.25.

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

VIPS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.22   Med: 1.16   Max: 2.58
Current: 0.22

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Vipshop Holdings was 2.58. The lowest was 0.22. And the median was 1.16.

VIPS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
94.03% of 837 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs VIPS: 0.22

Vipshop Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Vipshop Holdings'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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Vipshop Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.48 0.33 0.46 0.40 0.22

Vipshop Holdings 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 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 0.31 0.21 0.14 0.25 0.15

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Vipshop Holdings'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.


Vipshop Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Vipshop Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Vipshop Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(424.125 + 119.473) / 1364.784
=0.40

Vipshop Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(118.981 + 97.995) / 861.256
=0.25

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Vipshop Holdings  (NYSE:VIPS) 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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Vipshop Holdings (Vipshop Holdings) Business Description

Address
128 Dingxin Road, Haizhu District, Guangdong, Guangzhou, CHN, 510220
Vipshop Holdings Ltd is an online discount retailer for brands in China. The company offers branded products to consumers in China through flash sales on its vipshop.com, vip.com and lefeng.com websites. Flash sales represent an online retail format combining the advantages of e-commerce and discount sales through selling a finite quantity of discounted products or services online for a limited period of time. It deals in wide range of products and services for consumers specializing in branded cosmetics, apparel, healthcare products, food and other consumer products. Its operating segment includes Vip.com and Shan Shan Outlets. The company generates maximum revenue from Vip.com segment.