Flow Beverage (TSX:FLOW) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.03 (As of Jan. 2024)

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What is Flow Beverage Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Flow Beverage's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$6.47 Mil. Flow Beverage's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$38.43 Mil. Flow Beverage's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was C$-43.58 Mil. Flow Beverage's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was -1.03.

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

TSX:FLOW' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -1.06 Med: -0.77 Max: -0.53
Current: -1.06

During the past 7 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Flow Beverage was -0.53. The lowest was -1.06. And the median was -0.77.

TSX:FLOW's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 77 companies
in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry
Industry Median: 1.08 vs TSX:FLOW: -1.06

Flow Beverage Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Flow Beverage Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Flow Beverage Annual Data

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Jun18

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Jun20

Oct21

Oct22

Oct23

Debt-to-EBITDA

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-0.93

-0.53

-0.77

Flow Beverage Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-1.25	-0.80	-0.75	-0.52	-1.03

Competitive Comparison of Flow Beverage's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic subindustry, Flow Beverage'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.

Flow Beverage's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic Industry

For the Beverages - Non-Alcoholic industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Flow Beverage's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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

Flow Beverage Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Flow Beverage's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(1.937	+	27.482)	/	-38.145
	=	-0.77

Flow Beverage's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(6.474	+	38.427)	/	-43.58
	=	-1.03

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 (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.

Flow Beverage (TSX:FLOW) 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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155 Industrial Parkway South, Unit 7-10, Aurora, ON, CAN, L4G 3G6

Website

https://www.flowhydration.com

Flow Beverage Corp is a health and wellness-focused beverage company at the convergence of three important trends in the consumer-packaged goods industry including functional ingredients, sustainable packaging and supply chain and premium quality. It markets its premium alkaline spring water in Canada and the United States in original unflavoured and a range of organic flavors in various sizes.