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Entergy (LTS:0IHP) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.09 (As of Sep. 2024)


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What is Entergy Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Entergy's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $2,439 Mil. Entergy's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $26,563 Mil. Entergy's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $7,085 Mil. Entergy's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 4.09.

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

LTS:0IHP' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 3.23   Med: 5.86   Max: 10.85
Current: 6.36

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Entergy was 10.85. The lowest was 3.23. And the median was 5.86.

LTS:0IHP's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
76.77% of 452 companies
in the Utilities - Regulated industry
Industry Median: 3.94 vs LTS:0IHP: 6.36

Entergy Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

Entergy 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 4.94 5.54 6.17 6.32 5.33

Entergy 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 4.04 7.76 7.36 7.33 4.09

Competitive Comparison of Entergy's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Entergy'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.


Entergy's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry

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

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



Entergy Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Entergy'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
=(3237.228 + 23008.839) / 4922.66
=5.33

Entergy'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
=(2439.499 + 26563.35) / 7084.552
=4.09

* 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.


Entergy  (LTS:0IHP) 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.


Entergy Debt-to-EBITDA Related Terms

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Entergy Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, LA, USA, 70113
Entergy is a holding company with five regulated integrated utilities that generate and distribute electricity to about 3 million customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. It is one of the largest power producers in the country with 24 gigawatts of rate-regulated owned and leased power generation capacity. Entergy was the second-largest nuclear owner in the US before it began retiring and selling its plants in the Northeast in 2014. It plans to sell its two small gas utilities in Louisiana.

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