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GE (GE Aerospace) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.71 (As of Dec. 2024)


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What is GE Aerospace Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

GE Aerospace's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $2,039 Mil. GE Aerospace's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $17,234 Mil. GE Aerospace's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $11,260 Mil. GE Aerospace's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 1.71.

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

GE' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -271.35   Med: 4   Max: 14.17
Current: 1.99

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of GE Aerospace was 14.17. The lowest was -271.35. And the median was 4.00.

GE's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
52.38% of 231 companies
in the Aerospace & Defense industry
Industry Median: 2.15 vs GE: 1.99

GE Aerospace Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for GE Aerospace'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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GE Aerospace Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

GE Aerospace Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.03 -24.62 6.46 1.62 1.97

GE Aerospace Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
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 2.28 1.92 2.82 2.03 1.71

Competitive Comparison of GE Aerospace's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Aerospace & Defense subindustry, GE Aerospace'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.


GE Aerospace's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

For the Aerospace & Defense industry and Industrials sector, GE Aerospace's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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


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GE Aerospace Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

GE Aerospace's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2039 + 17234) / 9790
=1.97

GE Aerospace's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(2039 + 17234) / 11260
=1.71

* 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 (Dec. 2024) EBITDA data.


GE Aerospace  (NYSE:GE) 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.


GE Aerospace Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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GE Aerospace Business Description

Address
1 Neumann Way, Evendale, Cleveland, OH, USA, 45215
GE Aerospace is the global leader in designing, manufacturing, and servicing large aircraft engines, along with partner Safran in their CFM joint venture. With its massive global installed base of nearly 70,000 commercial and military engines, GE Aerospace earns most of its profits on recurring service revenue of that equipment, which operates for decades. GE Aerospace is the remaining core business of the company formed in 1892 with historical ties to American inventor Thomas Edison; that company became a storied conglomerate with peak revenue of $130 billion in 2000 until GE spun off its appliance, finance, healthcare, and wind and power businesses between 2016 and 2024.
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