PAL (Proficient Auto Logistics) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.49 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Proficient Auto Logistics Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Proficient Auto Logistics's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $20.5 Mil. Proficient Auto Logistics's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $64.2 Mil. Proficient Auto Logistics's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $34.0 Mil. Proficient Auto Logistics's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 2.49.

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

PAL' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0 Med: 0 Max: 3.61
Current: 3.61

During the past 1 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Proficient Auto Logistics was 3.61. The lowest was 0.00. And the median was 0.00.

PAL's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
62.35% of 850 companies
in the Transportation industry
Industry Median: 2.635 vs PAL: 3.61

Proficient Auto Logistics Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Proficient Auto Logistics's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

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Proficient Auto Logistics Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Proficient Auto Logistics Annual Data

Trend

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Proficient Auto Logistics Quarterly Data
	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23	Mar24	Jun24	Sep24
Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial			-	1.41	-	12.27	2.49

Competitive Comparison of Proficient Auto Logistics's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Integrated Freight & Logistics subindustry, Proficient Auto 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.

Proficient Auto Logistics's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Transportation Industry

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

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

Proficient Auto Logistics Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Proficient Auto Logistics'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
	=	(21.71	+	39.744)	/	N/A
	=	N/A

Proficient Auto Logistics'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
	=	(20.525	+	64.169)	/	33.988
	=	2.49

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.

Proficient Auto Logistics (NAS:PAL) 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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Proficient Auto Logistics Business Description

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Address

12276 San Jose Boulevard, Suite 426, Jacksonville, FL, USA, 32223

Website

https://www.proautogistics.com

Proficient Auto Logistics Inc is a non-union, specialized freight company focused on providing auto transportation and logistics services. The company operates auto transportation fleets in North America based upon information obtained from the Auto Haulers Association of America, utilizing auto transport vehicles and trailers daily, including Company-owned transport vehicles and trailers. The reportable segments of the company are Truckload and Brokerage. The company derives maximum revenue from the brokerage segment that retains the customer relationship, including billing and collection, and outsources the transportation of the loads to third-party carriers.