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CAles Holdings (JSE:CAA) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.96 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is CAles Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

CAles Holdings's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R567 Mil. CAles Holdings's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R311 Mil. CAles Holdings's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R915 Mil. CAles Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.96.

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

JSE:CAA' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.59   Med: 1.14   Max: 1.57
Current: 0.96

During the past 8 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of CAles Holdings was 1.57. The lowest was 0.59. And the median was 1.14.

JSE:CAA's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
67.23% of 830 companies
in the Business Services industry
Industry Median: 1.85 vs JSE:CAA: 0.96

CAles Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for CAles Holdings'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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CAles Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

CAles Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial 1.26 1.19 1.34 1.08 0.96

CAles Holdings Semi-Annual Data
Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.10 1.15 0.93 0.71 0.96

Competitive Comparison of CAles Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, CAles Holdings'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.


CAles Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Business Services Industry

For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, CAles Holdings's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



CAles Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

CAles Holdings'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
=(566.836 + 310.581) / 914.326
=0.96

CAles Holdings's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(566.836 + 310.581) / 914.948
=0.96

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


CAles Holdings  (JSE:CAA) 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.


CAles Holdings Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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CAles Holdings (JSE:CAA) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
254 Hall Street, 1st Floor, Building C, Westend Office Park, Centurion, GT, ZAF, 0157
CA Sales Holdings Ltd operates within the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods industry and delivers services to blue chip manufacturers. The services include warehousing and distribution, retail execution and advisory, retail support, training, and technology and data solutions. The company's geographical presence across Southern Africa operating in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mauritius, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It generates maximum revenue from Botswana region.

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