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Pick N Pay Stores (JSE:PIK) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1,062.55 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Pick N Pay Stores Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Pick N Pay Stores's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was R9,849 Mil. Pick N Pay Stores's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was R20,965 Mil. Pick N Pay Stores's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was R29 Mil. Pick N Pay Stores's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 1,062.55.

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 Pick N Pay Stores's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

JSE:PIK' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.74   Med: 2.91   Max: 5.32
Current: 4.5

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Pick N Pay Stores was 5.32. The lowest was 0.74. And the median was 2.91.

JSE:PIK's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
70.95% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.625 vs JSE:PIK: 4.50

Pick N Pay Stores Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Pick N Pay Stores'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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Pick N Pay Stores Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Pick N Pay Stores Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.93 3.49 3.39 3.30 13.26

Pick N Pay Stores Semi-Annual Data
Aug14 Feb15 Aug15 Feb16 Aug16 Feb17 Aug17 Feb18 Aug18 Feb19 Aug19 Feb20 Aug20 Feb21 Aug21 Feb22 Aug22 Feb23 Aug23 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 3.04 3.57 3.10 5.91 1,062.55

Competitive Comparison of Pick N Pay Stores's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Department Stores subindustry, Pick N Pay Stores'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.


Pick N Pay Stores's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Pick N Pay Stores's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Pick N Pay Stores's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Pick N Pay Stores Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Pick N Pay Stores's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(9849.1 + 20964.8) / 2324.5
=13.26

Pick N Pay Stores'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
=(9849.1 + 20964.8) / 29
=1,062.55

* 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


Pick N Pay Stores  (JSE:PIK) 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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Pick N Pay Stores (JSE:PIK) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
101 Rosmead Avenue, Pick n Pay Office Park, Kenilworth, Cape Town, WC, ZAF, 7708
Pick N Pay Stores Ltd is a South African multiformat and multichannel retailer. The company operates in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique, Mauritius, Swaziland, and Lesotho. The company offers food and groceries, clothing, general merchandise, and services across multiple store formats, both franchised and owned. The customer base is mainly represented by middle-income South African consumer. The portfolio of stores is composed of supermarkets, hypermarkets, local shops, express shops, clothing shops, liquor stores, pharmacies, and an Internet shopping platform.