TAL Education Group (TAL Education Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : -1.67 (As of Nov. 2023)

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What is TAL Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

TAL Education Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $58 Mil. TAL Education Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $156 Mil. TAL Education Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was $-129 Mil. TAL Education Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 was -1.67.

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 TAL Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

TAL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -97.92 Med: 0.73 Max: 19.16
Current: -1.76

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of TAL Education Group was 19.16. The lowest was -97.92. And the median was 0.73.

TAL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
100% of 183 companies
in the Education industry
Industry Median: 1.89 vs TAL: -1.76

TAL Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for TAL Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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TAL Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

TAL Education Group Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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0.38

19.16

-97.92

-0.42

-2.29

TAL Education Group Quarterly Data
	Feb19	May19	Aug19	Nov19	Feb20	May20	Aug20	Nov20	Feb21	May21	Aug21	Nov21	Feb22	May22	Aug22	Nov22	Feb23	May23	Aug23	Nov23
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-1.21	-0.62	-0.71	1.36	-1.67

Competitive Comparison of TAL Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Education & Training Services subindustry, TAL Education Group'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.

TAL Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Education Industry

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

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

TAL Education Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

TAL Education Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Feb. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(42.174	+	115.548)	/	-69.015
	=	-2.29

TAL Education Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Nov. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(58.182	+	156.282)	/	-128.74
	=	-1.67

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 (Nov. 2023) EBITDA data.

TAL Education Group (NYSE:TAL) 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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TAL Education Group (TAL Education Group) Business Description

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Address

Xiaoying West Street, 5th Floor, Tower B, Heying Center, Haidian District, Beijing, CHN, 100085

Website

http://www.100tal.com

TAL Education Group is a smart learning solutions provider in China. K-9 academic afterschool tutoring used to account for the majority of TAL's revenue before the regulatory changes in 2021 that imposed a nonprofit requirement on the business. After spinning off its K-9 academic afterschool tutoring business, TAL realigned its focus toward enrichment learning, content solutions, and learning technology solutions.