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PKDC (Parker Drilling Co) Debt-to-EBITDA : 1.73 (As of Dec. 2019)


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What is Parker Drilling Co Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Parker Drilling Co's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was $9.9 Mil. Parker Drilling Co's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was $177.9 Mil. Parker Drilling Co's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was $108.4 Mil. Parker Drilling Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 was 1.73.

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 Parker Drilling Co's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

PKDC's Debt-to-EBITDA is not ranked *
in the Oil & Gas industry.
Industry Median: 1.78
* Ranked among companies with meaningful Debt-to-EBITDA only.

Parker Drilling Co Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Parker Drilling Co'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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Parker Drilling Co Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Parker Drilling Co Annual Data
Trend Dec10 Dec11 Dec12 Dec13 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.44 19.90 10.15 -1.28 -3.70

Parker Drilling Co Quarterly Data
Mar15 Jun15 Sep15 Dec15 Mar16 Jun16 Sep16 Dec16 Mar17 Jun17 Sep17 Dec17 Mar18 Jun18 Sep18 Dec18 Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19
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 -0.32 - 1.45 1.22 1.73

Competitive Comparison of Parker Drilling Co's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services subindustry, Parker Drilling Co'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.


Parker Drilling Co's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Oil & Gas Industry

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

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



Parker Drilling Co Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Parker Drilling Co's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(9.946 + 177.937) / -50.812
=-3.70

Parker Drilling Co's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2019 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(9.946 + 177.937) / 108.412
=1.73

* 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. 2019) EBITDA data.


Parker Drilling Co  (OTCPK:PKDC) 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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Parker Drilling Co Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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Address
5 Greenway Plaza, Suite 100, Houston, TX, USA, 77046
Parker Drilling Co is a provider of contract drilling and drilling-related services as well as rental tools and services. It reports its Drilling Services business into two segments namely U.S. (Lower 48) Drilling and International & Alaska Drilling. For Rental Tools Services business reports two segments namely U.S. Rental Tools and International Rental Tools. In the Drilling Services business, the company drill oil, natural gas, and geothermal wells. In Rental business, it provides rental equipment and services to exploration & production companies, drilling contractors and service companies on land and offshore in the United States.