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METRO AG (XTER:B4B) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.31 (As of Sep. 2023)


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What is METRO AG Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

METRO AG's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was €825 Mil. METRO AG's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was €2,838 Mil. METRO AG's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was €1,108 Mil. METRO AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 was 3.31.

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

XTER:B4B' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.1   Med: 4.01   Max: 5.05
Current: 2.1

During the past 11 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of METRO AG was 5.05. The lowest was 2.10. And the median was 4.01.

XTER:B4B's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
58.89% of 253 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.68 vs XTER:B4B: 2.10

METRO AG Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for METRO AG'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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METRO AG Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

METRO AG Annual Data
Trend Sep14 Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - 4.94 4.02 4.01 2.10

METRO AG Quarterly Data
Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23
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 2.72 - - - 3.31

Competitive Comparison of METRO AG's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Food Distribution subindustry, METRO AG'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.


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

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

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



METRO AG Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

METRO AG's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(825 + 2838) / 1745
=2.10

METRO AG's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(825 + 2838) / 1108
=3.31

* 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 (Sep. 2023) EBITDA data.


METRO AG  (XTER:B4B) 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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METRO AG (XTER:B4B) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Metro-Strasse 1, Dusseldorf, NW, DEU, 40235
METRO AG operates as a food service company. It is active in the self-service wholesale trade with the brands METRO and MAKRO as well as in the delivery sales with the METRO delivery service, and the supply specialists Classic Fine Foods, Pro a Pro, and Rungis Express. Its business consists of segments which include METRO Germany, METRO Western Europe, METRO Russia, METRO Eastern Europe, and others. The other segment includes Hospitality Digital, the business unit that bundles the group's digitalization initiatives. It also includes service companies that provide group-wide services in the areas of real estate, logistics, information technology, advertising, and procurement.
Executives
Rafael Gasset Giraldez Board of Directors
Claude Sarrailh Board of Directors
Dr. Steffen Greubel Board of Directors

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