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Bakkavor Group (LSE:BAKK) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.00 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Bakkavor Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Bakkavor Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £37 Mil. Bakkavor Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £319 Mil. Bakkavor Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £178 Mil. Bakkavor Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.00.

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

LSE:BAKK' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.1   Med: 3.1   Max: 4.67
Current: 2.1

During the past 10 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Bakkavor Group was 4.67. The lowest was 2.10. And the median was 3.10.

LSE:BAKK's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
50.49% of 1430 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.125 vs LSE:BAKK: 2.10

Bakkavor Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Bakkavor Group'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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Bakkavor Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Bakkavor Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.70 3.31 2.47 3.88 2.10

Bakkavor Group Semi-Annual Data
Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 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 2.29 2.82 6.30 2.43 2.00

Competitive Comparison of Bakkavor Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Bakkavor Group'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.


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

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

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



Bakkavor Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Bakkavor Group'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
=(37 + 318.9) / 169.4
=2.10

Bakkavor Group'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
=(37 + 318.9) / 178.2
=2.00

* 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.


Bakkavor Group  (LSE:BAKK) 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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Bakkavor Group (LSE:BAKK) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
8 Mortimer Street, Fitzroy Place, 5th Floor, London, GBR, W1T 3JJ
Bakkavor Group PLC manufactures and markets a wide variety of freshly prepared food, covering a range of categories including meals, desserts, pizza & bread and salads. Some of its other products include soups & sauces, bread & dips, food-to-go, salads, fresh-cut salads, sandwiches & wraps, and bakery products. Its customers include grocery retailers as well as international food brands. Its geographical segments are the United Kingdom, United States, and China, of which the most of its revenue comes from the United Kingdom.

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