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Herbalife (Herbalife) Debt-to-EBITDA

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

Herbalife's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $349 Mil. Herbalife's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,421 Mil. Herbalife's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $349 Mil. Herbalife's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 7.94.

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

HLF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.37   Med: 3.2   Max: 5.74
Current: 5.74

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Herbalife was 5.74. The lowest was 2.37. And the median was 3.20.

HLF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
79.76% of 1418 companies
in the Consumer Packaged Goods industry
Industry Median: 2.135 vs HLF: 5.74

Herbalife Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Herbalife'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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Herbalife 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 2.86 3.56 3.66 4.30 5.74

Herbalife 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 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 5.56 7.10 4.58 4.96 7.94

Competitive Comparison

For the Packaged Foods subindustry, Herbalife'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.


Herbalife Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Herbalife Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Herbalife'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
=(349 + 2420.5) / 482.2
=5.74

Herbalife'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
=(349 + 2420.5) / 348.8
=7.94

* 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.


Herbalife  (NYSE:HLF) 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.


Herbalife Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Herbalife (Herbalife) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
Ugland House, P.O. Box 309, Grand Cayman, CYM, KY1-1104
Herbalife Ltd is an international nutrition company that provides health and wellness products to consumers in 95 markets, which consists of countries and territories, through their direct-selling business model. Companies' products are weight management; targeted nutrition; Energy, Sports, and Fitness; Outer Nutrition and Literature, Promotional, and Other. Weight management generates the majority of revenue from products like Meal replacement, protein shakes, drink mixes, weight loss enhancers, and healthy snacks. Geographically, the main segments are North America, Mexico, South and Central America, EMEA, Asia-Pacific, and China.
Executives
Rodica Macadrai director 800 W. OLYMPIC BLVD., SUITE 406, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
Ibelis Fleming officer: SVP/Managing Dir North America 800 W. OLYMPIC BLVD., SUITE 406, LOS ANGELES X1 90015
Stephan Paulo Gratziani director 800 W. OLYMPIC BLVD., SUITE 406, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
Donal L Mulligan director ONE GENERAL MILLS BLVD, MINNEAPOLIS MN 55426
Sophie L'helias director 800 WEST OLYMPIC BLVD., SUITE 406, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
John Tartol director C/O HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC., 1800 CENTURY PARK EAST, LOS ANGELES CA 90025
Alan W Lefevre director HERBALIFE NUTRITION, 800 W. OLYMPIC BLVD. SUITE 406, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
Henry C Wang officer: EVP, General Counsel 800 W. OLYMPIC BLVD. SUITE 406, LOS ANGELES CA 90015
Michael Johnson officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O HERBALIFE INTERNATIONAL, INC., 1800 CENTURY PARK EAST, LOS ANGELES CA 90067
Windacre Partnership Master Fund, Lp 10 percent owner 2200 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 1580, HOUSTON TX 77056
Windacre Partnership Llc 10 percent owner 2200 POST OAK BOULEVARD, SUITE 1580, HOUSTON TX 77056
Snehal Amin 10 percent owner 2200 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 1580, HOU TX 77056
Wapgp Llc 10 percent owner 2200 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 1580, HOUSTON TX 77056
Windacre General Partner Lp 10 percent owner 2200 POST OAK BLVD., SUITE 1580, HOUSTON TX 77056
Alan L Hoffman officer: EVP, Global Corporate Affairs 800 W. OLYMPIC BLVD., SUITE 406, LOS ANGELES CA 90015