Walmart (WMT) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 1.35 (As of Jan. 2024)

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

Walmart's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $6,537 Mil. Walmart's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $54,784 Mil. Walmart's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $45,320 Mil. Walmart's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 1.35.

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

WMT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.38 Med: 1.76 Max: 2.37
Current: 1.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Walmart was 2.37. The lowest was 1.38. And the median was 1.76.

WMT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
64.57% of 254 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.645 vs WMT: 1.69

Walmart Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Walmart's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Walmart Annual Data

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Jan24

Debt-to-EBITDA

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2.15

1.86

1.83

1.96

1.69

Walmart 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	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.20	2.58	1.14	3.80	1.35

Competitive Comparison

For the Discount Stores subindustry, Walmart'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.

Walmart Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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

Walmart Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Walmart'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
	=	(6537	+	54784)	/	36384
	=	1.69

Walmart'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
	=	(6537	+	54784)	/	45320
	=	1.35

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.

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) 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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Walmart (WMT) Business Description

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Address

702 S.W. 8th Street, Bentonville, AR, USA, 72716

Website

https://stock.walmart.com

Walmart serves as the preeminent retailer in the United States, with its strategy predicated on superior operating efficiency and offering the lowest priced goods to consumers to drive robust store traffic and product turnover. Walmart augmented its low-price business strategy by offering a convenient one-stop shopping destination with the opening of its first supercenter in 1988.Today, Walmart operates over 4,700 stores in the United States (5,300 including Sam's Club) and over 10,000 stores globally. Walmart generated over $420 billion in domestic namesake sales last year, with Sam's Club contributing another $84 billion to the firm's top line. Internationally, Walmart generated $100 billion in sales. The company serves around 240 million customers globally each week.

Executives

John D Rainey	officer: Executive Vice President	C/O PAYPAL HOLDINGS, INC., 2211 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE CA 95131
Jim C Walton	director, other: Director	C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
S Robson Walton	director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chairman of the Board	C/O WALTON ENTERPRISES, INC., P.O. BOX 1860, BENTONVILLE AR 72716-0105
Alice L Walton	10 percent owner	110 N.W. SECOND STREET, SUITE 300, BENTONVILLE AR 72712
C Douglas Mcmillon	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
John R. Furner	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Rachel L Brand	officer: Executive Vice President	702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Christopher James Nicholas	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
David Chojnowski	officer: Senior Vice President	5505 BLUE LAGOON DRIVE, MIAMI FL 33126
Daniel J Bartlett	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Randall L Stephenson	director	208 S. AKARD ST., DALLAS TX 75202
Judith J Mckenna	officer: Executive Vice President	702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
M. Brett Biggs	officer: Executive Vice President	702 SW 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716
Marc E. Lore	officer: Executive Vice President	443 GREENWICH STREET, PHA, NEW YORK NY 10013
Kathryn J. Mclay	officer: Executive Vice President	702 S.W. 8TH STREET, BENTONVILLE AR 72716