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Dean Foods Co (FRA:DFODQ) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.76 (As of Dec. 2019)


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What is Dean Foods Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Dean Foods Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was €474 Mil. Dean Foods Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was €187 Mil. Dean Foods Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was €-866 Mil. Dean Foods Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was -0.76.

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 Dean Foods Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:DFODQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 2.13
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Dean Foods Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Dean Foods Co'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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Dean Foods Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Dean Foods Co Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.62 1.98 3.56 -5.59 -2.55

Dean Foods Co Quarterly Data
Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19
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 -1.00 -47.85 -21.92 -13.84 -0.76

Competitive Comparison of Dean Foods Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Dean Foods Co'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.


Dean Foods Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Dean Foods Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Dean Foods Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(474.014 + 187.332) / -259.179
=-2.55

Dean Foods Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(474.014 + 187.332) / -865.524
=-0.76

* 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 (Dec. 2019) EBITDA data.


Dean Foods Co  (FRA:DFODQ) 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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Dean Foods Co (FRA:DFODQ) Business Description

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Address
2711 North Haskell Avenue, Suite 3400, Dallas, TX, USA, 75204
Dean Foods Company is a food and beverage company based in the United States. The company processes, sells, and distributes dairy products under more than 50 local and regional dairy brands and private labels such as DairyPure and TruMoo. Dean Foods provides products including ice cream, cultured products, juices, teas, bottled water, and other products to retailers, distributors, foodservice outlets, educational institutions, and governmental entities throughout the United States. The majority of the company's income is generated from fluid milk sales.