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Echo Global Logistics (Echo Global Logistics) Debt-to-EBITDA : 0.92 (As of Sep. 2021)


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What is Echo Global Logistics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Echo Global Logistics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $0 Mil. Echo Global Logistics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $130 Mil. Echo Global Logistics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was $140 Mil. Echo Global Logistics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 was 0.92.

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

ECHO's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Transportation industry.
Industry Median: 2.815
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Echo Global Logistics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Echo Global Logistics Annual Data
Trend Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.26 4.07 2.03 2.58 2.38

Echo Global Logistics Quarterly Data
Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21
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 2.17 1.60 1.73 1.09 0.92

Competitive Comparison of Echo Global Logistics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Echo Global Logistics'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.


Echo Global Logistics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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



Echo Global Logistics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Echo Global Logistics's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2020 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 161.596) / 67.99
=2.38

Echo Global Logistics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2021 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(0 + 129.74) / 140.456
=0.92

* 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. 2021) EBITDA data.


Echo Global Logistics  (NAS:ECHO) 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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Echo Global Logistics (Echo Global Logistics) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
600 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 725, Chicago, IL, USA, 60654
Founded in 2005, Echo Global Logistics is an asset-light third-party logistics provider primarily focused on domestic truckload and less-than-truckload brokerage. It also offers intermodal and international air and ocean freight forwarding services, though to a lesser degree. Key strategic initiatives include gaining organic market share in the highly fragmented brokerage industry and supplementing its sales capabilities through tuck-in acquisitions. Echo completed its initial public offering in October 2009.
Executives
Douglas R Waggoner director, officer: Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Wagner Ferguson director C/O ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS, INC. 600 W CHICAGO AVE, SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Samuel K Skinner director 233 NORTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, 22ND FLOOR, CHICAGO IL 60601
David B Menzel officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS, INC. 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Douglas Hong officer: Controller 600 WEST CHICAGO AVENUE SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Peter Rogers officer: Controller C/O ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Kyle Sauers officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS, 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 725, CHICAGO IL 60654
Virginia Henkels director SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, 2200 SOUTH 75TH AVENUE, PHOENIX AZ 85043
Farrow William M Iii director C/O CBOE GLOBAL MARKETS, INC., 433 WEST VAN BUREN STREET, CHICAGO IL 60607
Paul Loeb director 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Bradley A Keywell director
Eric P Lefkofsky director, 10 percent owner 501 SILVERSIDE ROAD SUITE 87F, WILMONGTON DE 19809
Evan Schumacher officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O ECHO GLOBAL LOGISTICS 600 W. CHICAGO AVENUE, SUITE 725 CHICAGO IL 60654
Nelda J Connors director BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752-1234
John R Walter director 401 NORTH AHWAHNEE RD, LAKE FOREST IL 60045