Aflac (STU:AFL) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 5.46 (As of Dec. 2023)

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

Aflac's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €0 Mil. Aflac's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €6,753 Mil. Aflac's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was €1,236 Mil. Aflac's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 5.46.

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

STU:AFL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.1 Med: 1.36 Max: 1.8
Current: 1.35

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Aflac was 1.80. The lowest was 1.10. And the median was 1.36.

STU:AFL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
53.77% of 292 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.5 vs STU:AFL: 1.35

Aflac Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Aflac'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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Aflac Annual Data

Trend

Dec14

Dec15

Dec16

Dec17

Dec18

Dec19

Dec20

Dec21

Dec22

Dec23

Debt-to-EBITDA

1.41

1.80

1.46

1.35

Aflac 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																3.14	1.34	0.94	0.94	5.46

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Aflac'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.

Aflac Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Aflac's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Aflac Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Aflac'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
	=	(0	+	6752.788)	/	5004.069
	=	1.35

Aflac'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
	=	(0	+	6752.788)	/	1236.116
	=	5.46

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.

Aflac (STU:AFL) 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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Aflac (STU:AFL) Business Description

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Address

1932 Wynnton Road, Columbus, GA, USA, 31999

Website

https://www.aflac.com

Aflac Inc offers supplemental health insurance and life insurance in the two largest insurance markets in the world, the U.S. and Japan. In addition to its cancer policies, the company has broadened its product offerings to include accident, disability, and long-term-care insurance. It markets its products through independent distributors, selling most of its policies directly to consumers at their places of work.