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Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (BKK:CPF) Debt-to-EBITDA : 13.72 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿198,326 Mil. Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿316,785 Mil. Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was ฿37,535 Mil. Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 13.72.

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 Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

BKK:CPF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 5.21   Med: 9.36   Max: 19.69
Current: 19.69

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL was 19.69. The lowest was 5.21. And the median was 9.36.

BKK:CPF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
95.79% of 1426 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.145 vs BKK:CPF: 19.69

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL'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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Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL 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 7.16 5.21 11.10 10.81 19.69

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 15.04 20.39 15.04 77.88 13.72

Competitive Comparison of Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Farm Products subindustry, Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL'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.


Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Consumer Packaged Goods Industry

For the Consumer Packaged Goods industry and Consumer Defensive sector, Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL'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
=(198326.316 + 316785.018) / 26160.06
=19.69

Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter 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
=(198326.316 + 316785.018) / 37535.112
=13.72

* 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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL  (BKK:CPF) 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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Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (BKK:CPF) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Silom Road, 313 C.P. Tower, Silom, Bangrak, Bangkok, THA, 10500
Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL operates in agro-industrial and integrated food businesses. The group's business operations are located throughout Thailand and overseas. The businesses are divided into two main segments namely the livestock business which comprises chicken, duck and pigs and the aquaculture business comprises shrimp and fish. The two main businesses are vertically integrated, starting from sourcing raw materials for animal feed production, manufacturing animal feed, breeding animals, farming animals for commercial purposes, primary processing meat, producing ready-to-eat food products, and including operating food retail outlets and restaurants.