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Avant Brands (TSX:AVNT) Debt-to-EBITDA : -5.03 (As of Feb. 2024)


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What is Avant Brands Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Avant Brands's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was C$5.37 Mil. Avant Brands's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was C$11.97 Mil. Avant Brands's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was C$-3.44 Mil. Avant Brands's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was -5.03.

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

TSX:AVNT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.6   Med: -0.33   Max: 7.79
Current: 7.79

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Avant Brands was 7.79. The lowest was -1.60. And the median was -0.33.

TSX:AVNT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
87.44% of 661 companies
in the Drug Manufacturers industry
Industry Median: 1.7 vs TSX:AVNT: 7.79

Avant Brands Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Avant Brands'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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Avant Brands Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Avant Brands Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Nov17 Nov18 Nov19 Nov20 Nov21 Nov22 Nov23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only -0.99 -1.30 -0.07 -1.60 3.74

Avant Brands 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 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 3.11 2.57 1.33 -2.08 -5.03

Competitive Comparison of Avant Brands's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Drug Manufacturers - Specialty & Generic subindustry, Avant Brands'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.


Avant Brands's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Drug Manufacturers Industry

For the Drug Manufacturers industry and Healthcare sector, Avant Brands's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Avant Brands Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Avant Brands's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year 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
=(8.194 + 8.767) / 4.531
=3.74

Avant Brands's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(5.371 + 11.965) / -3.444
=-5.03

* 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


Avant Brands  (TSX:AVNT) 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.


Avant Brands Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Avant Brands (TSX:AVNT) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1632 Dickson Avenue, Suite 335, Kelowna, BC, CAN, V1Y 7T2
Avant Brands Inc is an innovative premium cannabis company. It has multiple licensed and operational production facilities across Canada, which produce high-quality, handcrafted cannabis products for highly desired, and award-winning consumer brands, sold across both recreational and medical channels.
Executives
Norton Singhavon 10% Security Holder, Director, Senior Officer

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