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Nutrien (Nutrien) Debt-to-EBITDA : 3.79 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Nutrien Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Nutrien's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,654 Mil. Nutrien's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $9,912 Mil. Nutrien's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $3,316 Mil. Nutrien's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 3.79.

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

NTR' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.93   Med: 2.8   Max: 4.92
Current: 2.56

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Nutrien was 4.92. The lowest was 0.93. And the median was 2.80.

NTR's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
59.78% of 179 companies
in the Agriculture industry
Industry Median: 1.96 vs NTR: 2.56

Nutrien Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Nutrien'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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Nutrien Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Nutrien 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 3.03 3.93 1.65 0.93 2.57

Nutrien 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 1.40 2.66 2.02 4.00 3.79

Competitive Comparison of Nutrien's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Agricultural Inputs subindustry, Nutrien'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.


Nutrien's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Agriculture Industry

For the Agriculture industry and Basic Materials sector, Nutrien's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Nutrien Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Nutrien'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
=(2654 + 9912) / 4885
=2.57

Nutrien'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
=(2654 + 9912) / 3316
=3.79

* 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.


Nutrien  (NYSE:NTR) 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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Nutrien (Nutrien) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
211 19th Street East, Suite 1700, Saskatoon, SK, CAN, S7K 5R6
Created in 2018 as a result of the merger between PotashCorp and Agrium, Nutrien is the world's largest fertilizer producer by capacity. Nutrien produces the three main crop nutrients--nitrogen, potash, and phosphate--although its main focus is potash, where it is the global leader in installed capacity with a roughly 20% market share. The company is also the largest agricultural retailer in the United States, selling fertilizers, crop chemicals, seeds, and services directly to farm customers through its brick-and-mortar stores and online platforms.