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Tate & Lyle (LSE:TATE) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.90 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Tate & Lyle Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Tate & Lyle's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was £17 Mil. Tate & Lyle's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was £573 Mil. Tate & Lyle's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was £310 Mil. Tate & Lyle's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 1.90.

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 Tate & Lyle's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

LSE:TATE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.2   Med: 2.13   Max: 4.61
Current: 1.71

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Tate & Lyle was 4.61. The lowest was 1.20. And the median was 2.13.

LSE:TATE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
56.31% of 1435 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.12 vs LSE:TATE: 1.71

Tate & Lyle Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Tate & Lyle'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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Tate & Lyle Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Tate & Lyle Annual Data
Trend Mar15 Mar16 Mar17 Mar18 Mar19 Mar20 Mar21 Mar22 Mar23 Mar24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.44 2.69 4.03 2.56 1.71

Tate & Lyle Semi-Annual Data
Sep14 Mar15 Sep15 Mar16 Sep16 Mar17 Sep17 Mar18 Sep18 Mar19 Sep19 Mar20 Sep20 Mar21 Sep21 Mar22 Sep22 Mar23 Sep23 Mar24
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 4.57 3.07 2.39 1.68 1.90

Competitive Comparison of Tate & Lyle's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Tate & Lyle'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.


Tate & Lyle's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

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

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



Tate & Lyle Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Tate & Lyle's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(17 + 573) / 345
=1.71

Tate & Lyle's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(17 + 573) / 310
=1.90

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Tate & Lyle  (LSE:TATE) 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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Tate & Lyle (LSE:TATE) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 Marble Arch, London, GBR, W1H 7EJ
Tate & Lyle is a global provider of food and beverage ingredients and solutions. Following the sale in 2022 of a controlling stake in its commodity ingredients business, as well as its exit from the sugar business a decade earlier, Tate & Lyle is now focused on specialty ingredients—sweeteners, starches, and soluble fiber. It has 2,700 employees and operates in over 140 countries, with most of its revenue generated in North America.

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