DS Smith (LSE:SMDS) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.77 (As of Oct. 2023)

DS Smith Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

DS Smith Annual Data
	Trend	Apr14	Apr15	Apr16	Apr17	Apr18	Apr19	Apr20	Apr21	Apr22	Apr23
Debt-to-EBITDA		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					3.22	3.07	3.46	2.71	1.87

DS Smith Semi-Annual Data
	Apr14	Oct14	Apr15	Oct15	Apr16	Oct16	Apr17	Oct17	Apr18	Oct18	Apr19	Oct19	Apr20	Oct20	Apr21	Oct21	Apr22	Oct22	Apr23	Oct23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.89	2.60	1.63	1.85	2.77

Competitive Comparison of DS Smith's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Packaging & Containers subindustry, DS Smith'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.

DS Smith's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Packaging & Containers Industry

For the Packaging & Containers industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, DS Smith's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

DS Smith Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

DS Smith's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Apr. 2023 is calculated as

DS Smith's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

* 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 (Oct. 2023) EBITDA data.

DS Smith  (LSE:SMDS) 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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