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HP (HPQ) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.82 (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is HP Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

HP's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was $1,406 Mil. HP's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was $8,263 Mil. HP's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was $5,328 Mil. HP's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was 1.81.

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

HPQ' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.02   Med: 1.65   Max: 2.48
Current: 1.97

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of HP was 2.48. The lowest was 1.02. And the median was 1.65.

HPQ's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
51.33% of 1724 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 1.88 vs HPQ: 1.97

HP Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

HP Annual Data
Trend Oct15 Oct16 Oct17 Oct18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.75 1.02 2.25 2.48 1.92

HP Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
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 2.27 2.45 1.91 1.98 1.82

Competitive Comparison of HP's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Computer Hardware subindustry, HP'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.


HP's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Hardware Industry

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, HP's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



HP Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

HP's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1406 + 8263) / 5032
=1.92

HP's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1406 + 8263) / 5328
=1.81

* 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 (Oct. 2024) EBITDA data.


HP  (NYSE:HPQ) 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.


HP Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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HP Business Description

Address
1501 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA, USA, 94304
HP (formerly Hewlett-Packard) is a behemoth in the PC and printing markets. It has focused on these markets since it exited IT infrastructure in 2015 with the split from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. HP focuses on the commercial market, but maintains sales of consumer devices and printers. The firm has a broad and global customer base, with only one third of sales coming from the US. HP completely outsources manufacturing and relies heavily on channel partners for its sales and marketing.
Executives
Alex Cho officer: President, Personal Systems HP, 1501 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Enrique Lores officer: President, PSS 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Robert R Bennett director 12300 LIBERTY BLVD, ENGLEWOOD CO 80112
Kristen M Ludgate officer: Chief People Officer 3M COMPANY OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, 3M CENTER, ST. PAUL MN 55144-1000
David P. Mcquarrie officer: Chief Commercial Officer C/O HP INC., 1501 PAGE MILL RD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
David W Meline director 3M COMPANY, 3M OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, ST PAUL MN 55144-1000
Berkshire Hathaway Inc 10 percent owner 3555 FARNAM STREET, OMAHA NE 68131
Marie Myers officer: Global Controller, HFS & PAO 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Subra Suresh director HP, 1501 PAGE MILL RD BLDG 5, PALO ALTO CA 94036
Shumeet Banerji director C/O HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, 3000 HANOVER STREET, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Jonathan P Faust officer: Global Controller C/O HP INC, 1501 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Tuan Tran officer: Pres Imaging Prtng & Solutions 1501 PAGE MILL ROAD, PALO ALTO CA 94304
Julie M Jacobs officer: Chief Legal Officer and GC 22000 AOL WAY, DULLES VA 20166
Rucker Kim K.w. director KRAFT FOODS GROUP, INC., THREE LAKES DRIVE, NORTHFIELD IL 60093
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