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WSP Global (WSP Global) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.17 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is WSP Global Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

WSP Global's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $344 Mil. WSP Global's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,835 Mil. WSP Global's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $1,468 Mil. WSP Global's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.17.

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

WSPOF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.67   Med: 2.39   Max: 4.73
Current: 2.43

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of WSP Global was 4.73. The lowest was 1.67. And the median was 2.39.

WSPOF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
51.42% of 1307 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.31 vs WSPOF: 2.43

WSP Global Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for WSP Global'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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WSP Global Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

WSP Global 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 2.54 1.67 2.25 3.18 2.43

WSP Global 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 2.67 2.78 2.61 2.58 2.17

Competitive Comparison of WSP Global's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, WSP Global'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.


WSP Global's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, WSP Global's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



WSP Global Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

WSP Global'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
=(344.141 + 2834.6) / 1308.065
=2.43

WSP Global'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
=(344.141 + 2834.6) / 1467.8
=2.17

* 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.


WSP Global  (OTCPK:WSPOF) 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.


WSP Global Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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WSP Global (WSP Global) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
1600, Rene-Levesque Bouleverd West, 11th Floor, Montreal, QC, CAN, H3H 1P9
WSP Global Inc provides engineering and design services to clients in the Transportation and Infrastructure, Property and Buildings, Environment, Power and Energy, Resources, and Industry sectors. It also offers strategic advisory services. The firm operates through four reportable segments namely, Canada, Americas ( US and Latin America), EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa), and APAC (Asia Pacific, comprising Australia, New Zealand and Asia).