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President Chain Store (TPE:2912) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.66 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is President Chain Store Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

President Chain Store's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$28,920 Mil. President Chain Store's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$86,901 Mil. President Chain Store's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was NT$43,507 Mil. President Chain Store's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 2.66.

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 President Chain Store's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TPE:2912' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.09   Med: 1.31   Max: 2.77
Current: 2.75

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of President Chain Store was 2.77. The lowest was 0.09. And the median was 1.31.

TPE:2912's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
53.75% of 253 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.62 vs TPE:2912: 2.75

President Chain Store Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for President Chain Store'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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President Chain Store Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

President Chain Store 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 2.18 2.51 2.61 2.69 2.77

President Chain Store 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 2.48 2.58 2.62 2.84 2.66

Competitive Comparison of President Chain Store's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, President Chain Store'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.


President Chain Store's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

For the Retail - Defensive industry and Consumer Defensive sector, President Chain Store's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



President Chain Store Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

President Chain Store'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
=(30306.938 + 84417.863) / 41493.746
=2.76

President Chain Store'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
=(28920.169 + 86901.279) / 43506.72
=2.66

* 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.


President Chain Store  (TPE:2912) 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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President Chain Store (TPE:2912) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
65 Tung Hsing Road, 2nd Floor, Taipei, TWN, 110
President Chain Store Corp., or PCSC, was established in 1978 and is 45% held by its parent, Uni-President Enterprises. The company operates 7-Eleven along with other retail businesses such as drug stores (COSMED), department stores, bakery, restaurants, and Starbucks in Taiwan. The company also runs 7-Eleven in Shanghai, Zhejiang, and the Philippines.

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