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CCJ (Cameco) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.15 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Cameco Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Cameco's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0 Mil. Cameco's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $933 Mil. Cameco's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $434 Mil. Cameco's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.15.

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

CCJ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.02   Med: 4.46   Max: 6.85
Current: 2.15

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Cameco was 6.85. The lowest was 2.02. And the median was 4.46.

CCJ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
57.94% of 107 companies
in the Other Energy Sources industry
Industry Median: 1.59 vs CCJ: 2.15

Cameco Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Cameco 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 2.02 4.39 6.77 3.01 2.23

Cameco Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
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 0.95 2.39 3.82 2.27 2.15

Competitive Comparison of Cameco's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Uranium subindustry, Cameco'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.


Cameco's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Other Energy Sources Industry

For the Other Energy Sources industry and Energy sector, Cameco's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Cameco Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Cameco'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
=(372.556 + 957.329) / 595.947
=2.23

Cameco's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 932.761) / 434.016
=2.15

* 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 (Sep. 2024) EBITDA data.


Cameco  (NYSE:CCJ) 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.


Cameco Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Cameco Business Description

Address
No. 2121, 11th Street West, Saskatoon, SK, CAN, S7M 1J3
Cameco Corp is a provider of uranium needed to generate clean, reliable baseload electricity around the globe. one of those uranium producers. Cameco has three reportable segments, uranium, fuel services and Westinghouse. It derives maximum revenue from Uranium Segment. It has some projects namely; Millennium, Yeelirrie, Kintyre and Exploration. The company operates in Canada, Kazakhstan, Germany, Australia and United States.

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