CIA (Citizens) Debt-to-EBITDA : N/A (As of Mar. 2026)

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CIA Citizens Inc CIA
61 GF Score
Price $5.45
GF Value $5.17
Valuation Fairly Valued
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What is Citizens Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Citizens's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.0 Mil. Citizens's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.0 Mil. Citizens's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 was $0.0 Mil.

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

CIA's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Insurance industry.
Industry Median: 1.19
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Citizens  (NYSE:CIA) 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.


Citizens Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms


Citizens Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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The historical data trend for Citizens'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.

Citizens Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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CIA vs KCLI, SNFCA, UTGN: Debt-to-EBITDA Comparison

For the Insurance - Life subindustry, Citizens'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.


Citizens Debt-to-EBITDA vs Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Citizens's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


CIA
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Citizens Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Citizens's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2025 is calculated as

Citizens's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2026 is calculated as

* 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 (Mar. 2026) EBITDA data.

Is Citizens (CIA) Overvalued in 2026?

Based on GuruFocus' analysis, Citizens stock appears to be overvalued. The current stock price of $5.45 is trading 5.4% above its estimated GF Value™ of $5.17. GuruFocus considers Citizens to be Fairly Valued.

Key valuation signals for CIA:

  • Debt-to-EBITDA: N/A
  • GF Value™: $5.17 vs. price of $5.45 (5.4% above fair value)
  • GF Score™: 61/100

No single metric tells the full story. See the CIA stock analysis page for a complete view including 30-year financials, guru trades, and insider activity.


Citizens Business Description

Address 11815 Alterra Parkway, Suite 1500, Austin, TX, USA, 78758
Citizens Inc is an insurance holding company serving the life insurance needs of individuals in the United States. The company provides insurance benefits to residents in thirty two U.S. states and more than seventy countries through its insurance subsidiaries. The company operates in two business segments namely the Domestic Insurance and International Insurance segments.. The company majority generates revenues from Life Insurance segment. Company operates in USA, Columbia, Taiwan, Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina, and Others.
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