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Steelcase (Steelcase) Debt-to-EBITDA

: 2.93 (As of Feb. 2024)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Steelcase's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $45 Mil. Steelcase's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $585 Mil. Steelcase's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was $215 Mil. Steelcase's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 was 2.93.

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

SCS' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.09   Med: 1.9   Max: 6.42
Current: 2.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Steelcase was 6.42. The lowest was 1.09. And the median was 1.90.

SCS's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
65.87% of 2303 companies
in the Industrial Products industry
Industry Median: 1.71 vs SCS: 2.91

Steelcase Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Steelcase'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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Steelcase Annual Data
Trend Feb15 Feb16 Feb17 Feb18 Feb19 Feb20 Feb21 Feb22 Feb23 Feb24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 2.07 5.26 6.42 4.09 2.91

Steelcase Quarterly Data
May19 Aug19 Nov19 Feb20 May20 Aug20 Nov20 Feb21 May21 Aug21 Nov21 Feb22 May22 Aug22 Nov22 Feb23 May23 Aug23 Nov23 Feb24
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 3.20 5.49 2.51 2.33 2.93

Competitive Comparison

For the Business Equipment & Supplies subindustry, Steelcase'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.


Steelcase Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

For the Industrial Products industry and Industrials sector, Steelcase's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Steelcase Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Steelcase's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(45.1 + 584.9) / 216.6
=2.91

Steelcase's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Feb. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(45.1 + 584.9) / 214.8
=2.93

* 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 (Feb. 2024) EBITDA data.


Steelcase  (NYSE:SCS) 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.


Steelcase Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Steelcase (Steelcase) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
901 44th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 49508
Steelcase Inc is a furniture company primarily based in the United States and has operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Steelcase markets its products primarily through a network of independent and company-owned dealers. The company operates through the Americas segment, the EMEA segment and the Other category. The Americas segment offers architecture, furniture and technology products is marketed to corporate, government, healthcare, education and retail customers, EMEA segment provides furniture systems, storage and seating solutions. Majority of revenue is generated from Americas segment.
Executives
Nicole Cherie Mcgrath officer: VP, Corp Controller and CAO 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Robert G Krestakos officer: VP, Global Operations 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
David C Sylvester officer: Senior Vice President, CFO 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Lizbeth S O'shaughnessy officer: Senior VP, CLO and Secretary 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Wege Peter M Ii director 901 44TH ST SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Sanjay Gupta director 2775 SANDERS ROAD, NORTHBROOK IL 60062
Sara E Armbruster officer: VP, WS Futures & Corp Strategy 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Jennifer C Niemann director 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Steven Douglas Miller officer: VP, Chief Technology Officer 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Guillaume M Alvarez officer: Senior VP, EMEA 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Kate P Wolters director 901 44TH ST, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Robin L Zondervan officer: Corporate Controller and CAO 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Eddy F Schmitt officer: Senior VP, Americas 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Linda K Williams director 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508
Donna K Flynn officer: VP, Global Talent Management 901 44TH STREET SE, GRAND RAPIDS MI 49508