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Big 5 Sporting Goods (Big 5 Sporting Goods) Debt-to-EBITDA : -10.93 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Big 5 Sporting Goods Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Big 5 Sporting Goods's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $71.8 Mil. Big 5 Sporting Goods's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $208.9 Mil. Big 5 Sporting Goods's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $-25.7 Mil. Big 5 Sporting Goods's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was -10.93.

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 Big 5 Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BGFV' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -98.73   Med: 2.5   Max: 33.91
Current: -98.73

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Big 5 Sporting Goods was 33.91. The lowest was -98.73. And the median was 2.50.

BGFV's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 841 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.68 vs BGFV: -98.73

Big 5 Sporting Goods Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Big 5 Sporting Goods'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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Big 5 Sporting Goods Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Big 5 Sporting Goods Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 10.17 3.11 1.89 5.68 33.91

Big 5 Sporting Goods Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 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 15.66 16.86 9.43 -8.32 -10.93

Competitive Comparison of Big 5 Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Retail subindustry, Big 5 Sporting Goods'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.


Big 5 Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

For the Retail - Cyclical industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Big 5 Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Big 5 Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Big 5 Sporting Goods Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Big 5 Sporting Goods's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(74.215 + 203.034) / 8.176
=33.91

Big 5 Sporting Goods'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
=(71.789 + 208.905) / -25.692
=-10.93

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Big 5 Sporting Goods  (NAS:BGFV) 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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Big 5 Sporting Goods (Big 5 Sporting Goods) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
2525 East El Segundo Boulevard, El Segundo, CA, USA, 90245
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp is a specialty retailer company that is principally engaged in the sale of sporting goods in the western United States. Its product mix includes athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories, as well as a broad selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, tennis, golf, winter and summer recreation and roller sports. The company operates solely as a sporting goods retailer, which includes both retail stores and an e-commerce platform. The company operates a distribution center located in Riverside, California, that services all of its stores and e-commerce platform.
Executives
Jeffrey L Fraley officer: Senior VP, Human Resources
Shane O Starr officer: Senior VP, Operations C/O BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION, 2525 EAST EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Jennifer Holden Dunbar director C/O PS BUSINESS PARKS, INC., 701 WESTERN AVENUE, GLENDALE CA 91201
Ian R Landgreen officer: SVP and General Counsel 2525 EAST EL SEGUNDO BLVD., EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Stephen E. Carley director 6312 SOUTH FIDDLER'S GREEN CIRCLE, SUITE 200N, GREENWOOD VILLAGE CO 80111
Lily W Chang director 11111 SANTA MONICA BLVD., SUITE 2000, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Van B Honeycutt director 3820 STATE ST, SANTA BARBARA CA 93105
Brown Colleen B director C/O TRUEBLUE, INC., 1015 A STREET, TACOMA WA 98402
Barry Emerson officer: Executive VP, CFO & Treasurer
Steven G Miller director, officer: Chairman, President and CEO
Boyd O Clark officer: Executive VP, Buying C/O BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION, 2525 EAST EL SEGUND BLVD, EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Luke D Thompson officer: Executive VP & General Counsel C/O GROCERY OUTLET HOLDING CORP, 5650 HOLLIS STREET, EMERYVILLE CA 94608
David Jessick director 15465 SE RIVERSHORE DRIVE, VANCOUVER WA 98683
Michael P. Marrone officer: Senior VP, Store Operations C/O BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION, 2525 EAST EL SEGUNDO BLVD., EL SEGUNDO CA 90245
Sandra N Bane director