DEODiageo plc

$93.67

Is it safe?

Can DEO take a bad year?

Diageo plc carries $16.4B of net debt at 2.88× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$16.4B

Net debt · as at FY2023 · between two and four years of EBITDA, normal for a stable business

Net debt / EBITDA
2.88×

Net debt / EBITDA · 2.87× a year ago · the load is going up

Interest cover
5.40×

Interest cover · operating profit covers the interest bill several times over

Annualised volatility
30%

Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself

Details
Total debtFY2023
$18.2B
Cash and short-term investments
$1.79B
Net debt
$16.4B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$5.70B
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$4.63B
Debt / equity
2.33×
Total debt / EBITDA
3.19×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
30%
Worst drawdown on file
−63%
Below its 52-week high
−16%

Balance sheet from SEC filings; drawdown and volatility from end-of-day closes; Altman Z from the filed statements.