Sony Group (Sony Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.41 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Sony Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sony Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $17,818 Mil. Sony Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $12,780 Mil. Sony Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $21,638 Mil. Sony Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.41.

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

SNEJF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.78 Med: 1.35 Max: 1.99
Current: 1.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sony Group was 1.99. The lowest was 0.78. And the median was 1.35.

SNEJF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
53.58% of 1734 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.75 vs SNEJF: 1.99

Sony Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Sony Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sony Group Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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0.78

1.27

1.52

1.82

1.84

Sony Group 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															1.48	3.39	2.03	1.97	1.41

Competitive Comparison of Sony Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Consumer Electronics subindustry, Sony Group'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.

Sony Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Sony Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Sony Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sony Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(15732.518	+	14668.449)	/	16543.692
	=	1.84

Sony Group'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
	=	(17818.463	+	12779.885)	/	21637.808
	=	1.41

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.

Sony Group (OTCPK:SNEJF) 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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Website

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Sony Group is a conglomerate with consumer electronics roots, which not only designs, develops, produces, and sells electronic equipment and devices, but also is engaged in content businesses, such as console and mobile games, music, and movies. Sony is a global top company of CMOS image sensors, game consoles, professional broadcasting cameras, and music publishing, and is one of the top players on digital cameras, wireless earphones, recorded music, movies, and so on. Sony's business portfolio is well diversified with six major business segments. The company fully consolidated Sony Financial in September 2020, which provides life and non-life insurance, banking, and other financial services.