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Fast Retailing Co (Fast Retailing Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.62 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Fast Retailing Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Fast Retailing Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $863 Mil. Fast Retailing Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $2,263 Mil. Fast Retailing Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $5,076 Mil. Fast Retailing Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 0.62.

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

FRCOF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.66   Med: 0.91   Max: 1.38
Current: 0.66

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Fast Retailing Co was 1.38. The lowest was 0.66. And the median was 0.91.

FRCOF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
85.48% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs FRCOF: 0.66

Fast Retailing Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fast Retailing 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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Fast Retailing Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Fast Retailing Co Annual Data
Trend Aug14 Aug15 Aug16 Aug17 Aug18 Aug19 Aug20 Aug21 Aug22 Aug23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 1.38 1.02 0.80 0.73

Fast Retailing Co Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 0.74 0.66 0.90 0.54 0.62

Competitive Comparison of Fast Retailing Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Apparel Retail subindustry, Fast Retailing 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.


Fast Retailing Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Fast Retailing Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Fast Retailing Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Fast Retailing Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(877.135 + 2339.108) / 4383.729
=0.73

Fast Retailing Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(863.015 + 2263.456) / 5075.64
=0.62

* 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


Fast Retailing Co  (OTCPK:FRCOF) 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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Fast Retailing Co (Fast Retailing Co) Business Description

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Address
10717-1 Sayama, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi, JPN, 754-0894
Fast Retailing Co Ltd is Japan's apparel company, operating the casualwear retail chain Uniqlo, known for its high-quality functional apparel at reasonable prices. The business is founded on a private-label apparel model whereby Fast Retailing is in charge of product design, production, and sales. Fast Retailing is ranked the third-largest apparel company by sales globally, it runs 3,630 stores globally, including 813 and 1,439 Uniqlo stores in Japan and overseas, respectively. Other brands in its portfolio include GU and acquired brands including Theory, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Princesse Tam Tam (French lingerie), and J Brand (premium denim).

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