Boston Omaha (STU:42S) Debt-to-EBITDA : 4.28 (As of Sep. 2024)

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What is Boston Omaha Debt-to-EBITDA?

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

Boston Omaha's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €5.50 Mil. Boston Omaha's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €81.53 Mil. Boston Omaha's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was €20.35 Mil. Boston Omaha's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was 4.28.

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

STU:42S' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.18 Med: 3.73 Max: 7.34
Current: 5.35

During the past 9 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Boston Omaha was 7.34. The lowest was -0.18. And the median was 3.73.

STU:42S's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
69.63% of 438 companies
in the Conglomerates industry
Industry Median: 3.005 vs STU:42S: 5.35

Boston Omaha Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

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

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Boston Omaha Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

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Debt-to-EBITDA

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4.34

7.34

1.02

3.13

5.15

Boston Omaha Quarterly Data
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Debt-to-EBITDA	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															6.53	5.13	7.72	4.65	4.28

Competitive Comparison of Boston Omaha's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Conglomerates subindustry, Boston Omaha'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.

Boston Omaha's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Conglomerates Industry

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

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

Boston Omaha Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

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

Boston Omaha'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
	=	(5.41	+	76.075)	/	15.838
	=	5.14

Boston Omaha'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
	=	(5.496	+	81.53)	/	20.352
	=	4.28

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.

Boston Omaha (STU:42S) 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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1601 Dodge Street, Suite 3300, Omaha, NE, USA, 68102

Website

https://www.bostonomaha.com

Boston Omaha Corp is a us-based company which invests in real estate. Its operations include its ownership of multiple billboards in Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, and Alabama and equity method investments in several real estate companies. The company operates four separate lines of business, outdoor billboard advertising, the broadband services industry, the insurance industry, and the asset management industry. They generate revenue from outdoor advertising through the leasing of advertising space on billboards. It also generate revenue from commissions on surety bond sales and account for commissions and principally from internet services and is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the contract in the period the services are rendered.

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