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Northern Ocean (Northern Ocean) Debt-to-EBITDA : 8.71 (As of Mar. 2024)


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What is Northern Ocean Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Northern Ocean's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $444.0 Mil. Northern Ocean's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $99.9 Mil. Northern Ocean's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was $62.4 Mil. Northern Ocean's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was 8.71.

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

NTNOF' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -109.39   Med: -19.71   Max: 64.1
Current: 16.32

During the past 5 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Northern Ocean was 64.10. The lowest was -109.39. And the median was -19.71.

NTNOF's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
96.84% of 728 companies
in the Oil & Gas industry
Industry Median: 1.77 vs NTNOF: 16.32

Northern Ocean Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Northern Ocean'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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Northern Ocean Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Northern Ocean Annual Data
Trend Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-EBITDA
-109.39 64.10 -50.13 -19.71 26.12

Northern Ocean Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 38.74 35.12 18.98 20.11 8.71

Competitive Comparison of Northern Ocean's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas Drilling subindustry, Northern Ocean'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.


Northern Ocean's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

For the Oil & Gas industry and Energy sector, Northern Ocean's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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



Northern Ocean Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Northern Ocean'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
=(83.81 + 457.947) / 20.745
=26.12

Northern Ocean's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(443.956 + 99.916) / 62.432
=8.71

* 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 (Mar. 2024) EBITDA data.


Northern Ocean  (OTCPK:NTNOF) 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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Northern Ocean (Northern Ocean) Business Description

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Address
14 Par La Ville Road, Par La Ville Place, PO Box HM 1593, Hamilton, BMU, HM08
Northern Ocean Ltd is an international offshore drilling contractor for the oil and gas industry. The company acquires and operates modern drilling assets and is engaged in offshore contract drilling in benign and harsh environments, including ultra-deep-water environments. It owns one semi-submersible rig, Deepsea Mira; and one semi-submersible rig currently under construction, Deepsea Bollsta. The company earns revenue from Drilling, Mobilization and demobilization, Contract preparation and One-time reimbursed costs.

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