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Danone (Danone) Debt-to-EBITDA : 5.10 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Danone Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Danone's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $5,621 Mil. Danone's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $11,393 Mil. Danone's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,339 Mil. Danone's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.10.

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

DANOY' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.79   Med: 3.84   Max: 5.57
Current: 4.1

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Danone was 5.57. The lowest was 2.79. And the median was 3.84.

DANOY's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
70.1% of 1428 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.145 vs DANOY: 4.10

Danone Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Danone'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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Danone Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Danone 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 3.63 3.73 4.52 3.54 4.10

Danone Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 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 3.79 3.71 3.61 3.48 5.10

Competitive Comparison of Danone's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Danone'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.


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

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

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



Danone Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Danone'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
=(5620.502 + 11392.585) / 4154.853
=4.09

Danone'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
=(5620.502 + 11392.585) / 3339.15
=5.10

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Danone  (OTCPK:DANOY) 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.


Danone Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Danone (Danone) Business Description

Address
17, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, FRA, 75009
Following the acquisition of WhiteWave, Danone restructured the firm into three broad segments: essential dairy and plant-based products, which represents just over half of group revenue; specialised nutrition; and bottled water. The firm's portfolio includes well-known brands such as Danone/Dannon dairy products, Nutrilon and Cow & Gate infant nutrition, Evian and Volvic bottled water, as well as leading medical nutrition brands. Danone derives about 60% of its annual sales outside Western Europe, up from about just one third in 2001.

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