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Seprod (XJAM:SEP) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.91 (As of Jun. 2023)


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What is Seprod Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Seprod's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was JMD10,099 Mil. Seprod's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was JMD25,679 Mil. Seprod's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was JMD9,161 Mil. Seprod's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 was 3.91.

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

XJAM:SEP' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.31   Med: 2.37   Max: 15.62
Current: 15.62

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Seprod was 15.62. The lowest was 1.31. And the median was 2.37.

XJAM:SEP's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
94.41% of 1431 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.14 vs XJAM:SEP: 15.62

Seprod Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Seprod Annual Data
Trend Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.70 3.42 2.41 2.72 4.36

Seprod Quarterly Data
Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23
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 3.53 2.52 3.94 N/A 3.91

Competitive Comparison of Seprod's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Seprod'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.


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

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

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



Seprod Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Seprod's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2022 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(6408.914 + 28701.934) / 8051.861
=4.36

Seprod's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(10098.63 + 25679.021) / 9160.556
=3.91

* 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 (Jun. 2023) EBITDA data.


Seprod  (XJAM:SEP) 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.


Seprod Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Seprod (XJAM:SEP) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
3 Felix Fox Boulevard, Kingston, JAM
Seprod Ltd manufactures and sells edible oils and fats, corn products, cereals, milk products, juices, sugar, and biscuits. The company's product portfolio includes oils and fats, cookies and crackers, milk products, milk beverages, juice beverages, canned meats and fish, sauces and seasonings, canned vegetables, jams and jellies, pasta, hot beverages, corn and cornmeal and sugar. Its products City under various brands including Betty, Chiffon, Gold Seal, Gourmet, Serge, Butterkist, Cool Fruit, Primrose, Dairy Maid, Swizzle, Chef, and Pronto, among others. The company is a merchandiser of consumer goods. Its operating segments are Manufacturing and Distribution, of which a majority of the revenue is derived from the Distribution segment.