Life (TSE:8194) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.72 (As of Nov. 2023)

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What is Life Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Life's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 円26,400 Mil. Life's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 円21,778 Mil. Life's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 円28,044 Mil. Life's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was 1.72.

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

TSE:8194' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.11 Med: 2.64 Max: 3.74
Current: 2.27

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Life was 3.74. The lowest was 1.11. And the median was 2.64.

TSE:8194's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
56.69% of 254 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.65 vs TSE:8194: 2.27

Life Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Life Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Life Annual Data

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Feb24

Debt-to-EBITDA

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2.44

1.11

1.88

2.19

1.35

Life Quarterly Data
	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23	Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															4.05	2.05	2.08	1.72	3.61

Competitive Comparison of Life's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Grocery Stores subindustry, Life'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.

Life's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Retail - Defensive Industry

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

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

Life Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Life's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(30945	+	22147)	/	39401
	=	1.35

Life's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(26400	+	21778)	/	28044
	=	1.72

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 (Nov. 2023) EBITDA data.

Life (TSE:8194) 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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Life (TSE:8194) Business Description

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Address

1-2-16 Taito, Taito- ku, Tokyo, JPN, 110-0016

Website

http://www.lifecorp.jp

Life Corp is a Japanese supermarket chain operator. The company is domiciled in Japan and generates the majority of revenue domestically. Life Corporation operates stores in Osaka, Tokyo, Hyogo, Kyoto, Nara, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa, and derives the majority of revenue from stores located in Osaka and Tokyo. The company's supermarkets focus on the retail of seafood products, bakery products, food products, fresh fruit and vegetables, meat products, clothing, toilet paper, and craft products. The supermarkets carry a private-label brand of packaged foods.

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