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CUBE (CubeSmart) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.18 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is CubeSmart Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

CubeSmart's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0 Mil. CubeSmart's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $2,940 Mil. CubeSmart's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $704 Mil. CubeSmart's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 4.18.

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

CUBE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 4.19   Med: 4.76   Max: 6.03
Current: 4.19

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of CubeSmart was 6.03. The lowest was 4.19. And the median was 4.76.

CUBE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
77.62% of 572 companies
in the REITs industry
Industry Median: 7.36 vs CUBE: 4.19

CubeSmart Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

CubeSmart 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 4.72 6.03 5.85 4.37 4.20

CubeSmart 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 4.21 3.99 4.41 4.36 4.18

Competitive Comparison of CubeSmart's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the REIT - Industrial subindustry, CubeSmart'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.


CubeSmart's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the REITs Industry

For the REITs industry and Real Estate sector, CubeSmart's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



CubeSmart Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

CubeSmart'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
=(18.1 + 2970.39) / 710.879
=4.20

CubeSmart'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 + 2940.061) / 703.584
=4.18

* 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.


CubeSmart  (NYSE:CUBE) 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.


CubeSmart Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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CubeSmart Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
5 Old Lancaster Road, Malvern, PA, USA, 19355
CubeSmart is a real estate investment trust that acquires, owns, and manages self-storage facilities throughout the United States. The company's real estate portfolio is composed of buildings with numerous enclosed storage areas for both residential and commercial customers to rent mainly on a month-by-month basis. Most of CubeSmart's facilities are located in Florida, Texas, California, New York, and Illinois. Cumulatively, these states account for both the majority of the square footage in the company's real estate portfolio and the majority of its revenue. The company derives nearly all of its revenue from rental income from tenants utilizing its storage facilities.
Executives
Matthew D Denarie officer: Chief Accounting Officer 5 OLD LANCASTER ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Jennifer Schulte officer: Chief Human Resources Officer 5 OLD LANCASTER ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Timothy M Martin officer: SVP & Chief Accounting Officer 460 E. SWEDESFORD ROAD, SUITE 3000, WAYNE PA 19087
Christopher P Marr officer: Chief Financial Officer 460 E. SWEDESFORD ROAD, SUITE 3000, WAYNE PA 19087
Joel D Keaton officer: Sr VP of Operations 5 OLD LANCASTER ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Jeffrey P Foster officer: Sr. VP - Chief Legal Officer 460 EAST SWEDESFORD ROAD, SUITE 3000, WAYNE PA 19087
Jit Kee Chin director ONE FEDERAL STREET, 23RD FLOOR, BOSTON MA 02110
Jair K Lynch director 5 OLD LANCASTER RD, MALVERN PA 19355
Marianne M Keler director 12061 BLUEMONT WAY, RESTON VA 20190
Jonathan L Perry officer: SVP and CIO 5 OLD LANCASTER ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Dororthy Dowling director 5 OLD LANCASTER ROAD, MALVERN PA 19355
Diefenderfer William M Iii director 300 CONTINENTAL DRIVE, NEWARK DE 19713
Dean Jernigan director, officer: CEO and President C/O FARMLAND PARTNERS INC., 8670 WOLFF COURT, SUITE 240, WESTMINSTER CO 80031
Deborah Ratnersalzberg director 301 WATER ST SE SUITE 201, WASHINGTON DC 20003
John W Fain director 1000 SEMMES AVE, RICHMOND VA 23224

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