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Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (XSWX:LISN) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 0.99 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF331 Mil. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF1,075 Mil. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was CHF1,423 Mil. Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.99.

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 Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

XSWX:LISN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.24   Med: 1.54   Max: 2.09
Current: 1.28

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG was 2.09. The lowest was 1.24. And the median was 1.54.

XSWX:LISN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
63.54% of 1418 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.135 vs XSWX:LISN: 1.28

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG'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.

* Premium members only.

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.61 2.09 1.61 1.40 1.28

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG 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 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.13 2.26 1.02 1.82 0.99

Competitive Comparison

For the Confectioners subindustry, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG'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.


Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG'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
=(331.2 + 1074.6) / 1101.9
=1.28

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG'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
=(331.2 + 1074.6) / 1423.4
=0.99

* 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.


Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG  (XSWX:LISN) 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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Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (XSWX:LISN) Business Description

Address
Seestrasse 204, Kilchberg, CHE, CH-8802
Swiss-based Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli is a manufacturer of premium chocolate. Key brands include Lindt, Lindor, Ghirardelli, Russell Stover, Whitman's, and Caffarel. The company bought U.S.-based Russell Stover, its largest-ever acquisition, in 2014. It derives the bulk of its sales from Europe (46% of its consolidated base) but also competes in North America (41%) and the rest of the world (13%). The company operates 11 manufacturing plants in Europe and the United States. Its distribution network includes 500 own stores.

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