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Nichirei (TSE:2871) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.52 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nichirei Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Nichirei's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円53,251 Mil. Nichirei's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円74,604 Mil. Nichirei's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 円50,664 Mil. Nichirei's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.52.

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

TSE:2871' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.84   Med: 2.03   Max: 3.41
Current: 3.31

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Nichirei was 3.41. The lowest was 1.84. And the median was 2.03.

TSE:2871's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
62.61% of 1431 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.14 vs TSE:2871: 3.31

Nichirei Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nichirei'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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Nichirei Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Nichirei Annual Data
Trend Mar14 Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.00 1.97 1.86 1.84 2.05

Nichirei Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 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 3.07 3.78 3.67 2.96 2.52

Competitive Comparison of Nichirei's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Nichirei'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.


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

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

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



Nichirei Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Nichirei's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(38658 + 75919) / 55972
=2.05

Nichirei'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
=(53251 + 74604) / 50664
=2.52

* 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. 2023) EBITDA data.


Nichirei  (TSE:2871) 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.


Nichirei Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Nichirei (TSE:2871) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
6-19-20 Tsukiji, Nichirei Higashi-Ginza Building, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JPN, 104-8402
Nichirei Corp is a Japanese packaged-food company. Its segments are: processed foods, marine products, meat and poultry products, logistics, real estate, and biosciences. The company divisions are: Nichirei Foods, Nichirei Fresh, Logistic Group, and Bioscience. The Nichirei Food segment offers frozen foods, acerola products, and retort-pouch foods, while Nichirei Fresh offers marine products such as shrimp, salmon, trout, crab, octopus, squid, and shellfish, along with meat and poultry products like chicken, pork, and beef. The Nichirei Logistics Group offers transportation, delivery, and regional storage network services. The Bioscience division develops products (for example, antibodies, solution concentrate) and services for medical, cosmetics, health, and biotech companies.

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