FMXFomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V.

$122.86

Is it safe?

Can FMX take a bad year?

Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. carries $6.59B of net debt at 0.02× EBITDA: a load its earnings can carry.

$6.59B

Net debt · as at FY2024 · under two and a half years of EBITDA, comfortable

Net debt / EBITDA
0.02×

Net debt / EBITDA · −0.15× a year ago · the load is going up

Interest cover
15.6×

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

Annualised volatility
25%

Annualised volatility · about as steady as the market itself

Details
Total debtFY2024
$148.2B
Cash and short-term investments
$141.6B
Net debt
$6.59B
EBITDA, trailing twelve months
$351.4B
Operating profit, trailing twelve months
$312.1B
Debt / equity
0.50×
Total debt / EBITDA
0.42×
Annualised volatilitytwo years of daily moves
25%
Worst drawdown on file
−45%
Below its 52-week high
−7.8%

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