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Sysco (BSP:S1YY34) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.43 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Sysco Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Sysco's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$999 Mil. Sysco's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$62,548 Mil. Sysco's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was R$18,513 Mil. Sysco's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.43.

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

BSP:S1YY34' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.27   Med: 3.06   Max: 9.33
Current: 3.08

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Sysco was 9.33. The lowest was 1.27. And the median was 3.06.

BSP:S1YY34's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
60.24% of 254 companies
in the Retail - Defensive industry
Industry Median: 2.675 vs BSP:S1YY34: 3.08

Sysco Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Sysco'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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Sysco Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Sysco Annual Data
Trend Jun14 Jun15 Jun16 Jun17 Jun18 Jun19 Jun20 Jun21 Jun22 Jun23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.61 9.33 5.10 3.50 3.02

Sysco 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 5.57 3.21 2.11 2.84 3.43

Competitive Comparison of Sysco's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Food Distribution subindustry, Sysco'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.


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

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

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



Sysco Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Sysco's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jun. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(784.363 + 53411.406) / 17962.495
=3.02

Sysco'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
=(999.118 + 62548.279) / 18513.052
=3.43

* 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.


Sysco  (BSP:S1YY34) 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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Sysco (BSP:S1YY34) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1390 Enclave Parkway, Houston, TX, USA, 77077-2099
Sysco is the largest U.S. foodservice distributor with 17% share of the highly fragmented $350 billion domestic market. Sysco distributes roughly 500,000 food and nonfood products to restaurants (62% of fiscal 2023 revenue), education and government buildings (8%), travel and leisure (8%), healthcare facilities (7%) and other locations (15%) where individuals consume away-from-home meals. In fiscal 2023, 70% of the firm's revenue was derived from its U.S. foodservice operations, while its international (18%), quick-service logistics (10%), and other (2%) segments made up the difference.

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