Unilever NV (Unilever NV) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.44 (As of Jun. 2020)

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What is Unilever NV Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Unilever NV's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $5,396 Mil. Unilever NV's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $27,042 Mil. Unilever NV's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was $13,284 Mil. Unilever NV's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 was 2.44.

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

UN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.25 Med: 1.63 Max: 2.58
Current: 2.58

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Unilever NV was 2.58. The lowest was 1.25. And the median was 1.63.

UN's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
Industry Median: 2.13 vs UN: 2.58

Unilever NV Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Unilever NV Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Unilever NV Annual Data

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Dec19

Debt-to-EBITDA

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1.54

1.73

2.36

1.72

2.53

Unilever NV Semi-Annual Data
	Dec10	Jun11	Dec11	Jun12	Dec12	Jun13	Dec13	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.51	1.40	2.53	2.65	2.44

Competitive Comparison of Unilever NV's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Household & Personal Products subindustry, Unilever NV'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.

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

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

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

Unilever NV Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Unilever NV'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
	=	(4944.444	+	25948.889)	/	12208.889
	=	2.53

Unilever NV's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(5396.396	+	27041.667)	/	13283.784
	=	2.44

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 (Jun. 2020) EBITDA data.

Unilever NV (NYSE:UN) 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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Netherlands-based Unilever NV and U.K.-based Unilever PLC operate Unilever Group, a diversified household and personal product (60% of 2018 sales by value) and packaged-food and refreshments (40%) company. The firm's brands include Knorr soups and sauces, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Lipton teas, Axe and Dove skin products, and the TRESemme hair-care brand. The firm has been acquisitive in recent years, and high-profile purchases include the mail-order men's grooming business Dollar Shave Club.