KOSE (FRA:49K) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.23 (As of Mar. 2024)

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What is KOSE Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

KOSE's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €10 Mil. KOSE's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €55 Mil. KOSE's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €283 Mil. KOSE's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 0.23.

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

FRA:49K' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.02 Med: 0.04 Max: 0.37
Current: 0.37

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of KOSE was 0.37. The lowest was 0.02. And the median was 0.04.

FRA:49K's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
82.12% of 1432 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.125 vs FRA:49K: 0.37

KOSE Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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KOSE Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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0.03

0.28

0.26

0.34

KOSE Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.31	0.29	0.33	12.64	0.23

Competitive Comparison of KOSE's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, KOSE'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.

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

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

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

KOSE Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

KOSE'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
	=	(9.872	+	55.18)	/	191.697
	=	0.34

KOSE's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(10.065	+	55.402)	/	283.04
	=	0.23

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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.

KOSE (FRA:49K) 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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KSRYY:USA 4922:Japan

Address

3-6-2, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 103-8251

Website

http://www.kose.co.jp

Kose is the third-largest cosmetics company in Japan and the second in the premium segment, and is renowned for its prestige skincare brands including Decorte and Albion. The firm has been managed by the Kobayashi family since it was established in 1946. Albion, a fully consolidated subsidiary in which Kose holds a 79.5% stake, is operated independently by another branch of the Kobayashi family. The group, with a collection 37 brands/lines spanning a wide range of price points, has captured 13.6% of Japan's premium beauty segment, according to Euromonitor. Japan remains the largest market contributing nearly 57% of sales, followed by Asia (28%) and North America (14%). Its distribution channels include department stores, specialty retailers, drugstores, travel retailers, and e-commerce.

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