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Wayfair (Wayfair) Debt-to-EBITDA

: -16.42 (As of Dec. 2023)
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Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Wayfair's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $250 Mil. Wayfair's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,954 Mil. Wayfair's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-256 Mil. Wayfair's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -16.42.

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

W' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -14.25   Med: -1.68   Max: 18.1
Current: -14.25

During the past 12 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Wayfair was 18.10. The lowest was -14.25. And the median was -1.68.

W's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 840 companies
in the Retail - Cyclical industry
Industry Median: 2.67 vs W: -14.25

Wayfair Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Wayfair'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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Wayfair 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 -3.22 5.69 18.10 -4.51 -14.25

Wayfair 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 -4.46 -4.10 16.14 -20.17 -16.42

Competitive Comparison

For the Internet Retail subindustry, Wayfair'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.


Wayfair Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution

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

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



Wayfair Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Wayfair'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
=(250 + 3954) / -295
=-14.25

Wayfair'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
=(250 + 3954) / -256
=-16.42

* 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.


Wayfair  (NYSE:W) 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.


Wayfair Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Wayfair (Wayfair) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4 Copley Place, Boston, MA, USA, 02116
Wayfair engages in e-commerce in the United States (86% of 2022 sales), Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Ireland. At the end of 2022, the firm offered more than 40 million products from more than 20,000 suppliers under the brands Wayfair, Joss & Main, AllModern, Birch Lane, and Perigold. Its offerings include furniture, everyday and seasonal decor, decorative accents, housewares, and other home goods. Wayfair was founded in 2002 and began trading publicly in 2014.
Executives
Niraj Shah director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Steven Conine director, 10 percent owner, officer: Chief Technology Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Thomas Netzer officer: Chief Operating Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Jon Blotner officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Kate Gulliver officer: CFO and Chief Admin Officer 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Fiona Tan officer: Chief Technology Officer 41 DISCOVERY, IRVINE CA 92618
Anke Schaferkordt director C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Steve Oblak officer: SVP and GM, Wayfair.com C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael D Fleisher officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael W. Choe director C/O CHARLESBANK CAPITAL PARTNERS, 200 CLARENDON STREET, 54TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02109
James R. Miller director 4050 EAST COTTON CENTER BLVD. 6-68, PHOENIX AZ 85040
Jeremy King director C/O WAYFAIR LLC, 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael Andrew Kumin director, 10 percent owner C/O GREAT HILL PARTNERS, L.P., 200 CLARENDON STREET, 29TH FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02116
Edmond Macri officer: SVP, Marketing and Analytics C/O WAYFAIR INC., 4 COPLEY PLACE, BOSTON MA 02116
Michael E Sneed director JOHNSON & JOHNSON, ONE JOHNSON & JOHNSON PLAZA, NEW BRUNSWICK NJ 08933