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Entain (LSE:ENT) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 10.17 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Entain's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £385 Mil. Entain's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £3,249 Mil. Entain's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was £357 Mil. Entain's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.17.

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

LSE:ENT' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -81.3   Med: 3.06   Max: 40.33
Current: 40.33

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Entain was 40.33. The lowest was -81.30. And the median was 3.06.

LSE:ENT's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
97.9% of 620 companies
in the Travel & Leisure industry
Industry Median: 2.875 vs LSE:ENT: 40.33

Entain Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Entain'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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Entain Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.77 3.05 3.08 6.21 -81.30

Entain Semi-Annual Data
Jun14 Dec14 Jun15 Dec15 Jun16 Dec16 Jun17 Dec17 Jun18 Dec18 Jun19 Dec19 Jun20 Dec20 Jun21 Dec21 Jun22 Dec22 Jun23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.24 5.48 4.08 -19.51 10.17

Competitive Comparison

For the Gambling subindustry, Entain'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.


Entain Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Travel & Leisure industry and Consumer Cyclical sector, Entain's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Entain Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Entain'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
=(384.9 + 3249) / -44.7
=-81.30

Entain'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
=(384.9 + 3249) / 357.4
=10.17

* 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 two times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Entain  (LSE:ENT) 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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Entain (LSE:ENT) Business Description

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Address
One New Change, London, GBR, EC4M 9AF
Entain PLC is an international sports betting and gaming company operating both online and in the retail sector. It has five reportable segments; Online comprises betting and gaming activities from online and mobile operations, Retail comprises betting and retail activities in the shop estates in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Jersey, Republic of Ireland, Belgium, Italy, and Croatia, New opportunities unikrn and innovation spend, Corporate includes costs associated with Group functions including Group executive, legal, Group finance, United States joint venture, tax and treasury, and Other segments includes activities related to telephone betting, Stadia and on course pitches.

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