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CWCO (Consolidated Water Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.13 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Consolidated Water Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Consolidated Water Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $0.8 Mil. Consolidated Water Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $2.9 Mil. Consolidated Water Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $29.3 Mil. Consolidated Water Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 0.13.

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 Consolidated Water Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

CWCO' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.05   Med: 0.1   Max: 0.7
Current: 0.1

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Consolidated Water Co was 0.70. The lowest was 0.05. And the median was 0.10.

CWCO's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
93.61% of 454 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.94 vs CWCO: 0.10

Consolidated Water Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Consolidated Water Co'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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Consolidated Water Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Consolidated Water Co 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 0.10 0.10 0.28 0.16 0.06

Consolidated Water Co 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 0.04 0.05 0.07 0.14 0.13

Competitive Comparison of Consolidated Water Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Regulated Water subindustry, Consolidated Water Co'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.


Consolidated Water Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Consolidated Water Co's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Consolidated Water Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Consolidated Water Co'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
=(0.649 + 2.018) / 44.718
=0.06

Consolidated Water Co'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
=(0.785 + 2.876) / 29.26
=0.13

* 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.


Consolidated Water Co  (NAS:CWCO) 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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Consolidated Water Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
West Bay Road, 4th Floor, Windward Three, P.O. Box 1114, Regatta Office Park, Grand Cayman, CYM, KY1-1102
Consolidated Water Co Ltd is a water utility company. It develops and operates seawater desalination plants and water distribution systems. The company's business segments are; The retail segment operates the water utility for the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas of Grand Cayman Island, The bulk segment supplies potable water to government utilities in Grand Cayman and The Bahamas under long-term contracts, The services segment designs, constructs and sells water infrastructure and provides management and operating services to third parties, and The manufacturing segment manufactures and services a wide range of custom and specialized water-related products applicable to commercial, municipal and industrial water production, supply and treatment.
Executives
Raymond Whittaker director REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Clarence B. Flowers director REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Wilmer F. Pergande director REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Richard Finlay director REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Todd Redding officer: VP OF PURCHASING & LOGISTICS REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Robert B. Morrison officer: VP of Procurement & Logistics PO BOX 31017, GRAND CAYMAN E9 KY1-1205
Douglas R. Vizzini officer: VP of Finance REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Armando Averhoff officer: VP of Information Technology REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Brent Brodie officer: VP of Sales and Marketing REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Ramjeet Jerrybandan officer: EXECUTIVE VP OF OPERATIONS REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Frederick W. Mctaggart director, officer: President and CEO REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
John Tonner officer: Chief Commercial Officer 7256 NW 108TH WAY, PARKLAND FL 33706
David Sasnett officer: EVP & CFO REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Leonard J Sokolow director REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102
Carson K. Ebanks director REGATTA OFFICE PARK, WINDWARD THREE, 4TH FLOOR, WEST BAY ROAD, P.O. BOX 1114, GRAND CAYMAN E9 E9 KY11102