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Ghitha Holding PJSC (ADX:GHITHA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.21 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is Ghitha Holding PJSC Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Ghitha Holding PJSC's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was د.إ561 Mil. Ghitha Holding PJSC's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was د.إ896 Mil. Ghitha Holding PJSC's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was د.إ1,201 Mil. Ghitha Holding PJSC's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 1.21.

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 Ghitha Holding PJSC's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

ADX:GHITHA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.36   Med: 2.36   Max: 5.9
Current: 2.62

During the past 4 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Ghitha Holding PJSC was 5.90. The lowest was 0.36. And the median was 2.36.

ADX:GHITHA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
50.2% of 253 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.62 vs ADX:GHITHA: 2.62

Ghitha Holding PJSC Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Ghitha Holding PJSC'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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Ghitha Holding PJSC Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Ghitha Holding PJSC Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
0.36 5.90 2.66 2.06

Ghitha Holding PJSC Quarterly Data
Dec19 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Jun23 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.28 1.09 0.93 15.91 1.21

Competitive Comparison of Ghitha Holding PJSC's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Ghitha Holding PJSC'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.


Ghitha Holding PJSC's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Ghitha Holding PJSC's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Ghitha Holding PJSC Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Ghitha Holding PJSC's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(359.918 + 512.725) / 424.239
=2.06

Ghitha Holding PJSC's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(560.828 + 896.131) / 1200.892
=1.21

* 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 four times the quarterly (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


Ghitha Holding PJSC  (ADX:GHITHA) 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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Ghitha Holding PJSC (ADX:GHITHA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
N/A
Address
Meena Zayed Port Area, P.O. Box 53314, Abu Dhabi, ARE
Ghitha Holding PJSC is engaged in trading, re-packaging, storage, and distribution of food and non-food products. The product portfolio includes dry food products, canned foods, frozen food, processed food items, household items, stationeries, disposables, toiletries, chemicals, and other products.

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