Bunzl Balance Sheet Health
Financial Health criteria checks 5/6
Bunzl has a total shareholder equity of £2.8B and total debt of £2.7B, which brings its debt-to-equity ratio to 95.9%. Its total assets and total liabilities are £9.3B and £6.5B respectively. Bunzl's EBIT is £823.2M making its interest coverage ratio 9.5. It has cash and short-term investments of £1.4B.
Key information
95.9%
Debt to equity ratio
UK£2.72b
Debt
| Interest coverage ratio | 9.5x |
| Cash | UK£1.38b |
| Equity | UK£2.83b |
| Total liabilities | UK£6.46b |
| Total assets | UK£9.30b |
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Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: BZLF.Y's short term assets (£4.7B) exceed its short term liabilities (£4.1B).
Long Term Liabilities: BZLF.Y's short term assets (£4.7B) exceed its long term liabilities (£2.4B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: BZLF.Y's net debt to equity ratio (47.1%) is considered high.
Reducing Debt: BZLF.Y's debt to equity ratio has reduced from 124.7% to 95.9% over the past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: BZLF.Y's debt is well covered by operating cash flow (34.4%).
Interest Coverage: BZLF.Y's interest payments on its debt are well covered by EBIT (9.5x coverage).