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Hub Group (Hub Group) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.77 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Hub Group Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Hub Group's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $151 Mil. Hub Group's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $424 Mil. Hub Group's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $325 Mil. Hub Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 1.77.

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

HUBG' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.72   Med: 1.21   Max: 2.23
Current: 1.41

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Hub Group was 2.23. The lowest was 0.72. And the median was 1.21.

HUBG's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
73.44% of 847 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.83 vs HUBG: 1.41

Hub Group Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Hub Group Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Hub Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.19 1.39 0.87 0.72 1.41

Hub Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.76 1.04 1.18 1.53 1.77

Competitive Comparison of Hub Group's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Hub 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.


Hub Group's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

For the Transportation industry and Industrials sector, Hub Group's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Hub Group Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Hub Group's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(151.377 + 424.138) / 407.088
=1.41

Hub Group's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(151.377 + 424.138) / 325.052
=1.77

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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 (Dec. 2023) EBITDA data.


Hub Group  (NAS:HUBG) 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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Hub Group (Hub Group) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
2001 Hub Group Way, Oak Brook, IL, USA, 60523
Hub Group ranks among the largest providers of rail intermodal service. Roughly 60% of revenue comes from Hub's intermodal and transportation solutions division. ITS includes its flagship intermodal operations, which use the Class I rail carriers for the underlying line-haul movement of containers, as well as its dedicated truckload shipping unit. Asset light truckload and LTL brokerage makes up around 20%. The remaining 20% reflects Hub's logistics division, which provides outsourced transportation management, warehousing and fulfillment, and heavy-goods final mile delivery. Hub is somewhat acquisitive in that it often makes tuck-in acquisitions which expand its brokerage, logistics, and dedicated truckload offerings.
Executives
Dhruv Bansal officer: Chief Information Officer 2001 HUB GROUP WAY, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Lisa Dykstra director 2000 CLEARWATER DRIVE, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Kevin Beth officer: Chief Accounting Officer 2000 CLEARWATER DRIVE, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Thomas P. Lafrance officer: General Counsel C/O TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC., 901 MAIN AVENUE, NORWALK CT 06851
Michael E Flannery director
Gary Yablon director 2000 CLEARWATER DRIVE, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Phillip D Yeager officer: EVP Acct Mgmt & IML Op 2000 CLEARWATER DRIVE, OAK BROOK IL 60523
David P Yeager director, officer: Vice Chairman and CEO 3050 HIGHLAND PARKWAY, STE 100, DOWNERS GROVA IL 60515
Vava Dimond officer: Chief Information Officer 2000 CLEARWATER DRIVE, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Charles R Reaves director 3050 HIGHLAND PARKWAY, STE 100, DOWNERS GROVA IL 60515
Geoffrey Demartino officer: Chief Financial Officer 100 THERMON DRIVE, SAN MARCOS TX 78666
Jenell Ross director 2000 CLEARWATER DRIVE, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Michele Mcdermott officer: Chief Human Resource Officer 2000 CLEARWATER DRIVE, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Nicholas Hannigan officer: EVP, Truck Brokerage 2000 CLEARWATER DRIVE, OAK BROOK IL 60523
Mary H Boosalis director 2000 CLEARWATER DRIVE, OAK BROOK IL 60523

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