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Bega Cheese (ASX:BGA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.97 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Bega Cheese Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Bega Cheese's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$18 Mil. Bega Cheese's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$499 Mil. Bega Cheese's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was A$174 Mil. Bega Cheese's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.97.

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

ASX:BGA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -4.26   Med: 2.2   Max: 3.97
Current: -4.26

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Bega Cheese was 3.97. The lowest was -4.26. And the median was 2.20.

ASX:BGA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 1432 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.105 vs ASX:BGA: -4.26

Bega Cheese Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bega Cheese'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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Bega Cheese Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Bega Cheese Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.97 2.99 2.78 2.90 -3.44

Bega Cheese 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 Get a 7-Day Free Trial 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 2.50 4.34 3.54 -1.12 2.97

Competitive Comparison of Bega Cheese's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Bega Cheese'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.


Bega Cheese's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Bega Cheese Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Bega Cheese's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(17.2 + 449.9) / -136
=-3.43

Bega Cheese'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
=(17.7 + 498.6) / 173.6
=2.97

* 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.


Bega Cheese  (ASX:BGA) 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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Bega Cheese (ASX:BGA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
23 Ridge Street, Bega, NSW, AUS, 2550
Bega Group is an Australia-based dairy processor and food manufacturer of well-known brands including Bega Cheese and Vegemite. Bega operates two segments: the branded segment which produces consumer packaged goods primarily sold through the supermarket and foodservice channels and the bulk segment which produces commodity dairy ingredients primarily sold through the business-to-business channel.

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