STN (Stantec) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.13 (As of Dec. 2024)

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What is Stantec Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Stantec's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $215 Mil. Stantec's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $1,219 Mil. Stantec's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was $672 Mil. Stantec's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was 2.13.

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

STN' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 1.18 Med: 2.57 Max: 3.64
Current: 2.25

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Stantec was 3.64. The lowest was 1.18. And the median was 2.57.

STN's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked better than
51.14% of 1355 companies
in the Construction industry
Industry Median: 2.34 vs STN: 2.25

Stantec Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Stantec Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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2.64

3.64

2.75

2.14

2.27

Stantec Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.18	2.64	2.75	2.38	2.13

Competitive Comparison of Stantec's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Engineering & Construction subindustry, Stantec'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.

Stantec's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Construction Industry

For the Construction industry and Industrials sector, Stantec's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

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Stantec Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

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

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(214.571	+	1219.274)	/	632.905
	=	2.27

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

Debt-to-EBITDA	=	Total Debt			/	EBITDA
	=	(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation	+	Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation)	/	EBITDA
	=	(214.571	+	1219.274)	/	672.14
	=	2.13

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. 2024) EBITDA data.

Stantec (NYSE:STN) 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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10220 - 103 Avenue NW, Suite 300, Edmonton, AB, CAN, T5J 0K4

Website

https://www.stantec.com

Stantec Inc is a sustainable engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting company. It offers services through the following business operating units; Environmental Services, Infrastructure, Water, Buildings, and Energy & Resources. Maximum revenue is derived from its Infrastructure business unit, which is engaged in evaluating, planning, and designing infrastructure solutions for transportation, community development, and urban spaces. The company's reportable segments are the United States, which derives maximum revenue, Canada, and Global. These segments provide consulting in engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics services in the area of infrastructure and facilities.