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Canadian Natural Resources (Canadian Natural Resources) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.52 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Canadian Natural Resources Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Canadian Natural Resources's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $730 Mil. Canadian Natural Resources's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $7,319 Mil. Canadian Natural Resources's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $15,477 Mil. Canadian Natural Resources's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 0.52.

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 Canadian Natural Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CNQ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.53   Med: 2.01   Max: 3.98
Current: 0.63

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Canadian Natural Resources was 3.98. The lowest was 0.53. And the median was 2.01.

CNQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
76.43% of 717 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.74 vs CNQ: 0.63

Canadian Natural Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Canadian Natural Resources'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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Canadian Natural Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Canadian Natural Resources 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 1.84 3.58 0.90 0.53 0.63

Canadian Natural Resources 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 0.62 0.78 1.02 0.67 0.52

Competitive Comparison of Canadian Natural Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas E&P subindustry, Canadian Natural Resources'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.


Canadian Natural Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Canadian Natural Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Canadian Natural Resources's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Canadian Natural Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Canadian Natural Resources'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
=(730.471 + 7318.873) / 12871.944
=0.63

Canadian Natural Resources'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
=(730.471 + 7318.873) / 15477.044
=0.52

* 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.


Canadian Natural Resources  (NYSE:CNQ) 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.


Canadian Natural Resources Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Canadian Natural Resources (Canadian Natural Resources) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
855 - 2nd Street South West, Suite 2100, Calgary, AB, CAN, T2P 4J8
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd is an independent crude oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production company. The Company's exploration and production operations are focused in North America, largely in Western Canada; the United Kingdom (UK) portion of the North Sea, and Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa in Offshore Africa. The Company's exploration and production activities are conducted in three geographic segments: North America, the North Sea, and Offshore Africa. These activities include the exploration, development, production, and marketing of crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas. The company has two divisions; Oil Sands Mining and Upgrading Midstream and Refining. It derives a majority of its revenue from North America.

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