Universal Robina (PHS:URC) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 1.33 (As of Dec. 2023)

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

Universal Robina's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₱26,870 Mil. Universal Robina's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₱1,262 Mil. Universal Robina's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ₱21,233 Mil. Universal Robina's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.32.

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

PHS:URC' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.48 Med: 1.48 Max: 2.42
Current: 1.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Universal Robina was 2.42. The lowest was 0.48. And the median was 1.48.

PHS:URC's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
65.09% of 1418 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.135 vs PHS:URC: 1.19

Universal Robina Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Universal Robina Annual Data

Trend

Sep14

Sep15

Sep16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

2.42

2.35

0.83

1.04

1.19

Universal Robina 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																0.81	0.93	0.91	1.14	1.33

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Universal Robina'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.

Universal Robina Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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

Universal Robina Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Universal Robina'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
	=	(26869.958	+	1262.261)	/	23668.686
	=	1.19

Universal Robina'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
	=	(26869.958	+	1262.261)	/	21233.316
	=	1.32

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.

Universal Robina (PHS:URC) 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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Universal Robina (PHS:URC) Business Description

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Address

E. Rodriguez, Jr. Avenue (C5 Road), 8th Floor, Tera Tower, Bridgetowne, Ugong Norte, Metro Manila, Quezon City, PHL, 1110

Website

https://www.urc.com.ph

Universal Robina Corp is a branded consumer food and beverage product company, originally from the Philippines. It is mainly present in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, markets, but the company also exports to markets in Japan, Korea, the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, and West Africa. URC's food-related businesses consist of manufacturing and distribution of branded consumer foods, commodities (mainly sugar and flour), milling of hogs and animal feed, and related products. URC's main regional brands are Jack 'n Jill, for snack foods; C2, for ready-to-drink tea; and Great Taste, for coffee. Its segment comprises Branded Consumer Food, Agro-Industrial Products and Commodity Food Products, and corporate Business.

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