BreitBurn Energy Partners LP (BreitBurn Energy Partners LP) Debt-to-EBITDA : -0.33 (As of Sep. 2017)

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What is BreitBurn Energy Partners LP Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $753.11 Mil. BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $3.08 Mil. BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was $-2,289.53 Mil. BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 was -0.33.

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 BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of BreitBurn Energy Partners LP was 28.44. The lowest was -15.67. And the median was 3.25.

BBPPQ.PFD's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked ^*
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 1.77
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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BreitBurn Energy Partners LP Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP Annual Data

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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7.20

7.25

3.99

-1.56

-3.42

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															-1.14	48.60	41.27	15.10	-0.33

Competitive Comparison of BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, BreitBurn Energy Partners LP'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.

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2016 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(1198.259	+	3.094)	/	-351.099
	=	-3.42

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2017 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(753.107	+	3.077)	/	-2289.532
	=	-0.33

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 (Sep. 2017) EBITDA data.

BreitBurn Energy Partners LP (OTCPK:BBPPQ.PFD) 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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BreitBurn Energy Partners LP (BreitBurn Energy Partners LP) Business Description

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http://www.breitburn.com

Breitburn Energy Partners LP is engaged in the oil and gas market. It is an independent oil and gas partnership focused on the acquisition, exploitation, and development of oil, natural gas liquid (NGL) and natural gas properties in the United States. Its midstream assets include transmission and gathering pipelines, gas processing plants, NGL recovery plants, a controlling interest in a salt water disposal company.

Executives

Thomas E Thurmond	officer: Senior Vice President	515 S. FLOWER STREET SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Kurt Talbot	director	C/O EIG MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC, 1700 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW, SUITE 800, WASHINGTON NY 20006
Donald D Wolf	director	1670 BROADWAY SUITE 2800, DENVER CO 80202
Walker C Friedman	director	515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Rogers W Yandell Iii	director	801 CHERRY STREET, SUITE 3700, UNIT 19, FORT WORTH TX 76102
David B Kilpatrick	director	35 HARBOR RIDGE DR., SUITE 4800, NEWORT BEACH CA 92660
Gregory J Moroney	director	515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 4800, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Butler John R Jr	director	ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORPORATION, 1201 LAKE ROBBINS DR., THE WOODLANDS CA 77380
Charles S Weiss	director	515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 4800, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Lawrence C Smith	officer: Vice President and Controller	515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 4800, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Chris E Williamson	officer: Senior VP, Western Division	515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Bruce D Mcfarland	officer: VP, Treasurer and Secretary	BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS L.P., 515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Willis Jackson Washburn	officer: Senior VP, Business Dev.	C/O BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS L.P., 515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Randall Hart Breitenbach	officer: President	BREITBURN ENERGY PARTNERS L.P., 515 SOUTH FLOWER STREET, SUITE 4800, LOS ANGELES CA 90071
Mark L Pease	officer: COO & Executive V.P.	C/O ANADARKO PETROLEUM CORP, 1201 LAKE ROBBINS DR, THE WOODLANDS CA 77380