Cashbuild (JSE:CSB) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.46 (As of Dec. 2023)

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What is Cashbuild Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cashbuild's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R326 Mil. Cashbuild's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R1,275 Mil. Cashbuild's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R651 Mil. Cashbuild's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.46.

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

JSE:CSB' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.17 Med: 0.24 Max: 2.96
Current: 2.96

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cashbuild was 2.96. The lowest was 0.17. And the median was 0.24.

JSE:CSB's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
53.93% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.675 vs JSE:CSB: 2.96

Cashbuild Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Cashbuild's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Cashbuild Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Cashbuild Annual Data

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Jun23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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0.25

1.72

1.13

1.23

2.23

Cashbuild Semi-Annual Data
	Jun14	Dec14	Jun15	Dec15	Jun16	Dec16	Jun17	Dec17	Jun18	Dec18	Jun19	Dec19	Jun20	Dec20	Jun21	Dec21	Jun22	Dec22	Jun23	Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															1.16	1.34	1.58	3.75	2.46

Competitive Comparison of Cashbuild's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Home Improvement Retail subindustry, Cashbuild'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.

Cashbuild's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Cyclical Industry

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

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

Cashbuild Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cashbuild's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(254.058	+	1365.146)	/	725.198
	=	2.23

Cashbuild'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
	=	(326.223	+	1274.502)	/	650.634
	=	2.46

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.

Cashbuild (JSE:CSB) 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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Cashbuild (JSE:CSB) Business Description

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Address

2 Handel Road, Ormonde, Johannesburg, GT, ZAF, 2001

Website

https://www.cashbuild.co.za

Cashbuild Ltd is a South Africa-based company that is engaged in the retailing of building materials and associated products. The firm primarily operates stores in South Africa and the neighboring countries of Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho, Namibia, and Malawi through its subsidiaries. Its stores are mostly located in towns, as well as townships, rural areas, and metropolitan settings. Cashbuild's products include cement, roofing, openings, timber, bricks, decorative, plumbing, hardware, ceilings, electrical, and tools. A sizable amount of its products are cement-related. The firm's customers include home-builders, contractors, farmers, traders and construction companies, as well as government-related infrastructure developers.